Aiming to reduce affiliate fraud and mitigate privacy risks, web and internet security company Akamai has released Audience Hijacking Protector, a cloud-based solution designed to minimize in-browser marketing frauds by blocking unwanted redirections like unauthorized ads and pop-ups.
Promising protection from possible revenue loss and disrupted customer experiences, the new hijacking protector, generally available now, offer features to defend against unwanted redirection of customers to competing and malicious websites.
“The browser is often an ignored area for application behavior control,” says Patrick Sullivan, CTO of security strategy at Akamai. “But in-browser protections are a key area for effective business and security controls. Audience Hijacking Protector gathers unique data that generates actionable insights to maximize revenue opportunities and minimize fraud.”
Douglas Mendizábal discovered that Barbican incorrectly handled access
restrictions. An authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to
consume protected resources and possibly cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2022-23451, CVE-2022-23452)
The English WordPress Admin WordPress plugin before 1.5.2 does not validate the admin_custom_language_return_url before redirecting users o it, leading to an open redirect issue
The Tatsu WordPress plugin before 3.3.12 add_custom_font action can be used without prior authentication to upload a rogue zip file which is uncompressed under the WordPress’s upload directory. By adding a PHP shell with a filename starting with a dot “.”, this can bypass extension control implemented in the plugin. Moreover, there is a race condition in the zip extraction process which makes the shell file live long enough on the filesystem to be callable by an attacker.
The Advanced Page Visit Counter WordPress plugin through 5.0.8 does not escape the artID parameter before using it in a SQL statement in the apvc_reset_count_art AJAX action, available to any authenticated user, leading to a SQL injection
The DW Question & Answer Pro WordPress plugin through 1.3.4 does not properly check for CSRF in some of its functions, allowing attackers to make logged in users perform unwanted actions, such as update a comment or a question status.
The DW Question & Answer Pro WordPress plugin through 1.3.4 does not check that the comment to edit belongs to the user making the request, allowing any user to edit other comments.
USN-5376-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Git. This update provides the corresponding
updates for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
Original advisory details:
俞晨东 discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain repository paths
in platforms with multiple users support. An attacker could possibly use
this issue to run arbitrary commands.
