Uncanny Toolkit for LearnDash <= 3.6.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

2022-11-26 00:00
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Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 3.6.4
Affected Plugin
Uncanny Toolkit for LearnDash
Affected Version
<= 3.6.3
CVSS
8.8High
Weakness type
CWE-352 · Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE
CVE pending
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At a glance

This record tracks a high-severity Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Uncanny Toolkit for LearnDash WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 3.6.3. It carries a CVSS score of 8.8 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 3.6.4; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed November 2022.

Vulnerability Overview

The Uncanny Toolkit for LearnDash plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 3.6.3. This is due to missing nonce validation on several functions such as the ajax_activate_deactivate_module function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change plugin settings, via forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability — full site compromise territory.

CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Reaching this weakness in Uncanny Toolkit for LearnDash <= 3.6.3 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Cross-site request forgery abuses the fact that browsers attach a victim's cookies to any request, so a state-changing action that only checks who you are, not whether you meant to act, can be triggered from another site.

An attacker who gets a logged-in user to load a crafted page can perform that action as them, with the impact scaling to whatever the victim's role is allowed to do. For Uncanny Toolkit for LearnDash the fix is 3.6.4: builds <= 3.6.3 are affected, anything from 3.6.4 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 3.6.4, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to Uncanny Toolkit for LearnDash: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Uncanny Toolkit for LearnDash 3.6.4 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Firewall
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/61992821-a053-4bc6-853a-1a826d096746

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