Check Point Advisories

WordPress Redirection Page Plugin Cross Site Request Forgery (CVE-2015-1580)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2015-0177
Date Published: 19 Feb 2015
Severity: High
Last Updated: Thursday 19 February, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2015-1580
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? WordPress Redirection Page Plugin
Vulnerability Description A cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability has been reported in WordPress Redirection Page Plugin. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by convincing the user to follow a malicious link or visit an attacker controlled website.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the WordPress Redirection Page Plugin Cross Site Request Forgery protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  WordPress Enforcement Protection.
Attack Information:  WordPress Redirection Page Plugin Cross Site Request Forgery

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