CVE-2022-27851

Use Any Font <= 6.1.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to API Key Deactivation

2022-03-30 11:53

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 6.1.8
Affected Plugin: Use Any Font | Custom Font Uploader
Affected Version: <= 6.1.7
CVSS: 5.4Medium
Weakness type: CWE-352 · Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE: CVE-2022-27851

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At a glance

CVE-2022-27851 is a medium-severity Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Use Any Font WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 6.1.7. It carries a CVSS score of 5.4 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 6.1.8; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed March 2022, reported by Rasi Afeef.

Vulnerability Overview

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in Use Any Font (WordPress plugin) <= 6.1.7 allows an attacker to deactivate the API key.

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.

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

Reaching this weakness in Use Any Font <= 6.1.7 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 Use Any Font the fix is 6.1.8: builds <= 6.1.7 are affected, anything from 6.1.8 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 6.1.8, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to Use Any Font: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Use Any Font 6.1.8 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-27851 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9e60428e-1641-470f-a6f1-7c2b4140a6bf https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-27851

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Same weakness class

4.3CVE-2024-47305: Use Any Font <= 6.3.08 Cross-Site Request ForgeryCVE-2024-47305

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CVSS Vector

5.4

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

Base

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

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