Related Posts < 2.7.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

2013-05-14 00:00

Charlie Eriksen

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.7.2

Affected PluginRelated Posts

Affected Version< 2.7.2

CVSS4.3Medium

CVECVE-2013-3257

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Vulnerability Overview

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Related Posts plugin before 2.7.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that modify settings via unspecified vectors.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.7.2, 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-2013-3257 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/71463210-d65f-4a6c-ab5f-ebaafebb83e2

CVSS Vector

4.3

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

Base

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

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