Check Point Advisories

WordPress Image Metadata Cruncher Plugin Cross Site Request Forgery (CVE-2015-1614)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2015-0189
Date Published: 22 Feb 2015
Severity: High
Last Updated: Thursday 05 March, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2015-1614
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? WordPress Image Metadata Cruncher Plugin
Vulnerability Description A cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability has been reported in WordPress Image Metadata Cruncher 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 Image Metadata Cruncher 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 Image Metadata Cruncher Plugin Cross Site Request Forgery

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