Bitcoin / Altcoin Faucet <= 1.6.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting

2022-08-31 00:00
István Márton

Strategic Overview

Status
Unpatched
Affected Version<= 1.6.0
CVSS8.8High
CVECVE-2022-3025
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Vulnerability Overview

The Bitcoin / Altcoin Faucet plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.6.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation when saving plugin settings. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change plugin settings, via forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. Due to lack of sanitization of user input, an attacker may also use this vulnerability to inject malicious JavaScript, that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

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

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