WP Webmaster < 8.2.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

2013-04-19 00:00

Charlie Eriksen

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 8.2.4

Affected PluginWP Webmaster

Affected Version< 8.2.4

CVSS7.1High

CVECVE-2013-2696

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Vulnerability Overview

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the All in One Webmaster plugin before 8.2.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that insert XSS sequences.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 8.2.4, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)) The web application does not, or cannot, sufficiently verify whether a request was intentionally provided by the user who sent the request, which could have originated from an unauthorized actor.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2696 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bf0f549d-1d88-415a-81f3-b50f977e2c17

CVSS Vector

7.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityLow

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