WP HTML Sitemap <= 1.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

2014-08-01 00:00

Tom Adams

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected Pluginwp-html-sitemap

Affected Version<= 1.2

CVSS6.5Medium

CVECVE-2014-2675

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Vulnerability Overview

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in inc/AdminPage.php in the WP HTML Sitemap plugin 1.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that delete the sitemap via a request to the wp-html-sitemap page in wp-admin/options-general.php.

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-2014-2675 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e766f735-f5b2-4189-b4b1-40161c5aba8b

CVSS Vector

6.5

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityNone

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