Testimonial < 2.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

2013-09-01 00:00
Adéla Goldová

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 2.3
Affected PluginTestimonial
Affected Version< 2.3
CVSS8.8High
CVECVE-2013-5672
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Vulnerability Overview

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the IndiaNIC Testimonial plugin 2.2 for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) add a testimonial via an iNIC_testimonial_save action; (2) add a listing template via an iNIC_testimonial_save_listing_template action; (3) add a widget template via an iNIC_testimonial_save_widget action; insert cross-site scripting (XSS) sequences via the (4) project_name, (5) project_url, (6) client_name, (7) client_city, (8) client_state, (9) description, (10) tags, (11) video_url, or (12) is_featured, (13) title, (14) widget_title, (15) no_of_testimonials, (16) filter_by_country, (17) filter_by_tags, or (18) widget_template parameter to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.3, 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.

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