Check Point Advisories

WordPress Broken Link Checker Plugin Cross-Site Scripting

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2015-0582
Date Published: 20 May 2015
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Monday 25 May, 2015
Source:
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Broken Link Checker version 1.10.7
Vulnerability Description A cross-site scripting vulnerability has been reported in WordPress Broken Link Checker plugin. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow remote attackers to inject an arbitrary web script into the affected system.

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 Broken Link Checker Plugin Cross-Site Scripting 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 Broken Link Checker Plugin Cross-Site Scripting

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