Static Page eXtended <= 2.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

2022-05-23 00:00

Daniel Ruf

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected PluginStatic Page eXtended

Affected Version<= 2.1

CVSS8.8High

CVECVE-2022-1763

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Vulnerability Overview

Due to missing checks the Static Page eXtended WordPress plugin through 2.1 is vulnerable to CSRF attacks which allows changing the plugin settings, including required user levels for specific features. This could also lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to the lack of escaping in some of the settings

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-2022-1763 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a83def40-27fa-4141-bebf-f86944e4c618

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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