CVE-2015-1494

MediumCVSS 4.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The FancyBox for WordPress plugin before 3.0.3 for WordPress does not properly restrict access, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an mfbfw[*] parameter in an update action to wp-admin/admin-post.php, as demonstrated by the mfbfw[padding] parameter and exploited in the wild in February 2015.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://blog.sucuri.net/2015/02/zero-day-in-the-fancybox-for-wordpress-plugin.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/118543Broken Link
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36087Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/05/10Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72506Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1082625/Issue Tracking
https://wordpress.org/plugins/fancybox-for-wordpress/changelog/Patch
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/possible-malware-2Exploit
http://blog.sucuri.net/2015/02/zero-day-in-the-fancybox-for-wordpress-plugin.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/118543Broken Link
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36087Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/05/10Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72506Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1082625/Issue Tracking
https://wordpress.org/plugins/fancybox-for-wordpress/changelog/Patch
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/possible-malware-2Exploit

Timeline

Published: Feb 17, 2015
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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