Yoast SEO <= 1.7.3.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

2015-03-10 00:00

Ryan Dewhurst

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.5.7

Affected PluginYoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI

Affected Version1.5.6 – 1.7.3.3 · 3 branches

CVSS7.5High

CVECVE-2015-2293

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Vulnerability Overview

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in admin/class-bulk-editor-list-table.php in the WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin before 1.5.7, 1.6.x before 1.6.4, and 1.7.x before 1.7.4 for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of certain users for requests that conduct SQL injection attacks via the (1) order_by or (2) order parameter in the wpseo_bulk-editor page.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to one of the following versions, or a newer patched version: 1.5.7, 1.6.4, 1.7.4 --- 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-2015-2293 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dc7d0124-9ddd-4f88-bffd-e09e10137a3d

CVSS Vector

7.5

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityHigh
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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