Autolinks <= 1.0.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Cross-Site Scripting

2022-04-13 00:00

Vaibhav Nitin Gaikwad

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected PluginAutolinks

Affected Version<= 1.0.1

CVSS8.8High

CVECVE-2022-1112

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Vulnerability Overview

The Autolinks WordPress plugin through 1.0.1 does not have CSRF check in place when updating its settings, and does not sanitise as well as escape them, which could allow attackers to perform Stored Cross-Site scripting against a logged in admin via a CSRF attack

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-2022-1112 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c1197d19-e49f-4d44-8efe-ef8d7e91bce0

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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