NewsPlugin <= 1.0.18 – Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting

2021-07-21 00:00

Taichi Ichimura, Cryptography Laboratory in Tokyo Denki University

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.1.0

Affected PluginNewsPlugin

Affected Version<= 1.0.18

CVSS8.8High

CVECVE-2021-34631

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Vulnerability Overview

The NewsPlugin WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery via the handle_save_style function found in the ~/news-plugin.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 1.0.18.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.1.0, 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-2021-34631 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f208ca5a-a404-4664-80f5-643e713f600a

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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