Child Theme Generator <= 2.2.7 Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary Folder Deletion
Strategic Overview
Vulnerability Overview
The Child Theme Generator plugin for WordPress is vulnerability to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.2.7 due to insufficient nonce validation on the section_remove function. This makes it possible for attackers to delete arbitrary folders on the affected site, if they can successfully trick a site's administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
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.
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