Dynamic Word Spinner: CSS3 Animated Rotation <= 5.6 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

2024-07-11 00:00

Majed Refaea

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 5.7

Affected PluginSmartText Rotator – Add Motion to Your Words

Affected Version<= 5.6

CVSS4.3Medium

CVECVE-2024-38753

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Vulnerability Overview

The Dynamic Word Spinner: CSS3 Animated Rotation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 5.6. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the save_admin_options() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update plugin settings granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 5.7, 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-2024-38753 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b7c39952-d179-4b40-9762-7815e881a560

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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