What is the severity of CVE-2014-7957?

The severity of CVE-2014-7957 is considered high due to its potential for cross-site request forgery and XSS attacks.

How do I fix CVE-2014-7957?

To fix CVE-2014-7957, upgrade the Pods plugin to version 2.5 or later.

What versions of the Pods plugin are affected by CVE-2014-7957?

Pods plugin versions before 2.5, specifically up to 2.4.3, are affected by CVE-2014-7957.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2014-7957?

CVE-2014-7957 is classified as a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability.

Who can exploit CVE-2014-7957?

Remote attackers can exploit CVE-2014-7957 to hijack the authentication of administrators.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2014-7957

medium

6.8

CWE

79 352

15/1/2015

6/8/2024

CVE-2014-7957: XSS

First published: Thu Jan 15 2015(Updated: )

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Pods plugin before 2.5 for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the toggled parameter in a toggle action in the pods-components page to wp-admin/admin.php, (2) delete a pod in a delete action in the pods page to wp-admin/admin.php, (3) reset pod settings and data via the pods_reset parameter in the pod-settings page to wp-admin/admin.php, (4) deactivate and reset pod data via the pods_reset_deactivate parameter in the pod-settings page to wp-admin/admin.php, (5) delete the admin role via the id parameter in a delete action in the pods-component-roles-and-capabilities page to wp-admin/admin.php, or (6) enable "roles and capabilities" in a toggle action in the pods-components page to wp-admin/admin.php.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
Pods Foundation	<=2.4.3

Remedy

https://wordpress.org/plugins/pods/changelog/

Never miss a vulnerability like this again

Reference Links

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-7957?
The severity of CVE-2014-7957 is considered high due to its potential for cross-site request forgery and XSS attacks.
How do I fix CVE-2014-7957?
To fix CVE-2014-7957, upgrade the Pods plugin to version 2.5 or later.
What versions of the Pods plugin are affected by CVE-2014-7957?
Pods plugin versions before 2.5, specifically up to 2.4.3, are affected by CVE-2014-7957.
What type of vulnerability is CVE-2014-7957?
CVE-2014-7957 is classified as a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability.
Who can exploit CVE-2014-7957?
Remote attackers can exploit CVE-2014-7957 to hijack the authentication of administrators.

agent/type
agent/softwarecombine
collector/mitre-cve
source/MITRE
agent/remedy
agent/references
agent/last-modified-date
agent/author
agent/severity
agent/description
agent/first-publish-date
agent/event
agent/source
agent/tags
collector/nvd-index
agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
agent/weakness
vendor/pods foundation
canonical/pods foundation
version/pods foundation/2.4.3

Company

Resources

Contact

SecAlerts Pty Ltd.
132 Wickham Terrace
Fortitude Valley,
QLD 4006, Australia
info@secalerts.co

By using SecAlerts services, you agree to our services end-user license agreement. This website is safeguarded by reCAPTCHA and governed by the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. All names, logos, and brands of products are owned by their respective owners, and any usage of these names, logos, and brands for identification purposes only does not imply endorsement. If you possess any content that requires removal, please get in touch with us.