Check Point Advisories

WordPress Contact Form DB Plugin Cross-Site Scripting (CVE-2015-2040)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2015-0251
Date Published: 12 Mar 2015
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Monday 16 March, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2015-2040
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? WordPress Contact Form DB Plugin
Vulnerability Description A cross-site scripting vulnerability has been reported in WordPress Contact Form DB 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 Contact Form DB 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 Contact Form DB Plugin Cross-Site Scripting

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