Contextual Related Posts <= 1.8.6 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Cross-Site Scripting

2014-08-01 00:00

Charlie Eriksen

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.8.7

Affected PluginContextual Related Posts

Affected Version<= 1.8.6

CVSS8.8High

CVECVE-2013-2710

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Vulnerability Overview

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Contextual Related Posts plugin before 1.8.7 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via unspecified vectors.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.8.7, 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-2013-2710 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/81a7afc0-05be-4966-b762-081ef553d4e8

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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