Chameleon CSS <= 1.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

2021-10-07 00:00
Shreya Pohekar

Strategic Overview

Status
Unpatched
Affected PluginChameleon CSS
Affected Version<= 1.2
CVSS8.8High
CVECVE-2021-24626
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Vulnerability Overview

The Chameleon CSS WordPress plugin through 1.2 does not have any CSRF and capability checks in all its AJAX calls, allowing any authenticated user, such as subscriber to call them and perform unauthorised actions. One of AJAX call, remove_css, also does not sanitise or escape the css_id POST parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL Injection.

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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