WP Limit Posts Automatically <= 0.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery leading to Cross-Site Scripting

2014-12-18 00:00

Manideep K

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected Pluginwp-limit-posts-automatically

Affected Version<= 0.7

CVSS8.8High

CVECVE-2014-9401

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Vulnerability Overview

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the WP Limit Posts Automatically plugin 0.7 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to in the wp-limit-posts-automatically.php page to wp-admin/options-general.php. The WP Limit Posts Automatically plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 0.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting attacks via the lpa_post_letters parameter. This is performed via forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

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-2014-9401 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ee03ca88-97c1-45b0-a9d9-1ed57e124f13

CVSS Vector

8.8

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

Base

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

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