Auto Delete Posts <= 1.3.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary Settings Update

2022-05-23 00:00

Daniel Ruf

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected PluginAuto Delete Posts

Affected Version<= 1.3.0

CVSS8.8High

CVECVE-2022-1779

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Vulnerability Overview

The Auto Delete Posts WordPress plugin through 1.3.0 does not have CSRF check in place when updating its settings, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them via a CSRF attack and delete specific posts, categories and attachments at once.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement. --- 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-2022-1779 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ce3ff7f9-ccad-45c0-a278-f66fbb6263ee

CVSS Vector

8.8

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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