Math Comment Spam Protection <= 2.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

2007-11-23 00:00

Eugene Dokukin

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.2

Affected PluginMath Comment Spam Protection

Affected Version<= 2.1

CVSS8.8High

CVECVE-2008-0205

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Vulnerability Overview

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in math-comment-spam-protection.php in the Math Comment Spam Protection 2.1 and earlier plugin for WordPress allow remote attackers to perform actions as administrators via the (1) mcsp_opt_msg_no_answer or (2) mcsp_opt_msg_wrong_answer parameter to wp-admin/options-general.php.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.2, 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-2008-0205 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7a9e958f-e53b-4aa0-b7d6-7469852f0d97

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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