Comment Link Remove and Other Comment Tools <= 2.1.4 - Arbitrary Comment Deletion via Cross-Site Request Forgery

2021-08-23 00:00

Martin Vierula

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.1.6

Affected PluginComment Link Remove and Other Comment Tools

Affected Version<= 2.1.4

CVSS4.3Medium

CVECVE-2021-24725

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Vulnerability Overview

The Comment Link Remove and Other Comment Tools WordPress plugin before 2.1.6 does not have CSRF check in its 'Delete comments easily', which could allow attackers to make logged in admin delete arbitrary comments

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.1.6, 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-2021-24725 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b9d63462-04ec-4b46-91cf-25b7dd098fc7

CVSS Vector

4.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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