BA Book Everything <= 1.6.20 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Email Address Update/Account Takeover

2024-09-23 00:00
wesley (wcraft)

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 1.6.21
Affected PluginBA Book Everything
Affected Version<= 1.6.20
CVSS8.8High
CVECVE-2024-8795
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Vulnerability Overview

The BA Book Everything plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.20. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the my_account_update() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update a user's account details via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. This can be leveraged to reset a user's password and gain access to their account.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.6.21, 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.

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