CVE-2013-6993

Ad-minister <= 0.6 - Cross-Site Scripting

Severity Score

6.1

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Ad-minister plugin 0.6 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the key parameter in a delete action to wp-admin/tools.php.

Vulnerabilidad de cross-site scripting (XSS) en el plugin Ad-minister 0.6 y anteriores para WordPress permite a atacantes remotos inyectar scripts web o HTML arbitrarios a través del parámetro key en una acción delete en wp-admin/tools.php.

The Ad-minister plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 0.6 via the key parameter in a delete action to wp-admin/tools.php due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in a victim's browser.

WordPress Ad-minister plugin version 0.6 suffers from a cross site scripting vulnerability.

*Credits: High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2013-12-06 CVE Reserved
2013-12-13 CVE Published
2023-03-07 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/ad-minister-06-security-vulnerability-notification-xss	X_refsource_misc
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/530540/100/0/threaded	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23187	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Ad-minister Project Search vendor "Ad-minister Project"	Ad-minister Search vendor "Ad-minister Project" for product "Ad-minister"	<= 0.6 Search vendor "Ad-minister Project" for product "Ad-minister" and version " <= 0.6"	-	Affected	in	Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"	Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"	-	-	Safe
Ad-minister Project Search vendor "Ad-minister Project"	Ad-minister Search vendor "Ad-minister Project" for product "Ad-minister"	0.4.1 Search vendor "Ad-minister Project" for product "Ad-minister" and version "0.4.1"	-	Affected	in	Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"	Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"	-	-	Safe
Ad-minister Project Search vendor "Ad-minister Project"	Ad-minister Search vendor "Ad-minister Project" for product "Ad-minister"	0.4.2 Search vendor "Ad-minister Project" for product "Ad-minister" and version "0.4.2"	-	Affected	in	Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"	Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"	-	-	Safe
Ad-minister Project Search vendor "Ad-minister Project"	Ad-minister Search vendor "Ad-minister Project" for product "Ad-minister"	0.4.3 Search vendor "Ad-minister Project" for product "Ad-minister" and version "0.4.3"	-	Affected	in	Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"	Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"	-	-	Safe
Ad-minister Project Search vendor "Ad-minister Project"	Ad-minister Search vendor "Ad-minister Project" for product "Ad-minister"	0.4.4 Search vendor "Ad-minister Project" for product "Ad-minister" and version "0.4.4"	-	Affected	in	Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"	Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"	-	-	Safe
Ad-minister Project Search vendor "Ad-minister Project"	Ad-minister Search vendor "Ad-minister Project" for product "Ad-minister"	0.5 Search vendor "Ad-minister Project" for product "Ad-minister" and version "0.5"	-	Affected	in	Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"	Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"	-	-	Safe
Ad-minister Project Search vendor "Ad-minister Project"	Ad-minister Search vendor "Ad-minister Project" for product "Ad-minister"	0.5.2 Search vendor "Ad-minister Project" for product "Ad-minister" and version "0.5.2"	-	Affected	in	Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"	Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"	-	-	Safe