Code Snippets <= 2.13.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Remote Code Execution

2020-01-29 00:00

Chloe Chamberland

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.14.0

Affected PluginCode Snippets

Affected Version<= 2.13.3

CVSS8.8High

CVECVE-2020-8417

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Vulnerability Overview

The Code Snippets plugin before 2.14.0 for WordPress allows CSRF because of the lack of a Referer check on the import menu.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.14.0, 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-2020-8417 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0b230ff1-4971-4ec5-a0e9-21df90fc6e98

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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