Gotham Security Daily Threat Alerts

By Nancy Rand
Posted in Security
On April 28, 2015

April 27, Softpedia – (International) Wordpress 4.2 affected by zero-day stored XSS, PoC available. A security researcher from Klikki Oy discovered a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress 4.2 and earlier versions in which unauthenticated parties can exploit a flaw in comment text truncation to run arbitrary code on affected servers. Source

April 25, Softpedia – (International) Over 25,000 iOS apps affected by bug breaking HTTPS. Security researchers at SourceDNA discovered a vulnerability in version 2.5.3 of the AFNetworking library for Apple iOS and OS X products in which attackers could carry out man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks and access encrypted information by exploiting the library’s failure to check the domain name secure sockets layer (SSL) certificates were issued for. More than 25,000 apps are affected by the flaw. Source

Nancy Rand

Nancy Rand

Nancy has more than 20 years’ experience in information technology and security, solving business issues and implementing best-practice solutions that support organizational objectives. Her expertise includes leveraging, optimizing, and implementing diverse technology platforms, and management of large-scale technology projects.