LaTeX <= 3.4.10 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update and Stored Cross-Site Scripting

2022-05-23 00:00

Daniel Ruf

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected PluginLaTeX for WordPress

Affected Version<= 3.4.10

CVSS9.6Critical

CVECVE-2022-1780

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Vulnerability Overview

The LaTeX for WordPress plugin through 3.4.10 does not have CSRF check in place when updating its settings, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them via a CSRF attack which could also lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to the lack of sanitisation and escaping

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-2022-1780 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d8e23501-9fc4-484b-b308-a9c51494bc9d

CVSS Vector

9.6

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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