Related Posts < 2.7.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

2014-08-01 00:00

Charlie Eriksen

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.7.2

Affected PluginWordPress Related Posts

Affected Version< 2.7.2

CVSS4.3Medium

CVECVE-2013-3476

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Vulnerability Overview

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the WordPress Related Posts plugin before 2.7.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that change 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-2013-3476 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4ae3ad65-54d7-4ee0-894f-8ffd9fa8ac35

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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