Shantz WordPress QOTD <= 1.2.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

2021-07-19 00:00

Prashant Karman Patel

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected PluginShantz WordPress QOTD

Affected Version<= 1.2.2

CVSS4.3Medium

CVECVE-2021-24380

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Vulnerability Overview

The Shantz WordPress QOTD for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.2.2 This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to make logged in administrators change them to arbitrary values via a forged request.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement. --- 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-2021-24380 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e31bf122-e3b0-43d4-afff-f3baf3aa53e6

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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