copy-me <= 1.0.0 - Missing Authorization & Cross-Site Request Forgery

2016-12-21 00:00

Mallory Adams

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected Plugincopy-me

Affected Version<= 1.0.0

CVSS5.4Medium

CVECVE-2016-10938

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Vulnerability Overview

The copy-me plugin 1.0.0 for WordPress has CSRF for copying non-public posts to a public location. Edit: The affected function is called via an AJAX action, which makes the endpoint accessible to authenticated users so low level users such as subscribers can also copy posts.

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

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10938 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2ff866c0-1b4c-4ad8-bde3-353ed0f44f42

CVSS Vector

5.4

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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