PlugNedit Adaptive Editor < 6.2.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting

2015-08-25 00:00

Marcin Probola

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 6.2.0

Affected Pluginplugnedit

Affected Version< 6.2.0

CVSS6.5Medium

CVECVE-2015-9422

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Vulnerability Overview

The PlugNedit Adaptive Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions before 6.2.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page via forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 6.2.0, 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-2015-9422 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e9160c10-8e10-44b2-b08a-612856869689

CVSS Vector

6.5

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityNone

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