Login With Ajax < 3.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

2013-05-06 00:00
Charlie Eriksen

Strategic Overview

Vulnerability Overview

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Login With Ajax plugin before 3.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that modify this plugin's settings.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 3.1, 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

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