Banner Effect Header <= 1.2.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

2015-01-02 00:00

Ashiyane Digital Security Team

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.2.8

Affected PluginBanner Effect Header

Affected Version< 1.2.8

CVSS8.8High

CVECVE-2015-0920

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Vulnerability Overview

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Banner Effect Header plugin 1.2.6 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the banner_effect_email parameter in the BannerEffectOptions page to wp-admin/options-general.php.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.2.8, 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-2015-0920 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1fcd3eec-057a-44f9-a255-e6814a22471b

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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