Nested Pages <= 3.1.15 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary Post Deletion and Modification

2021-08-25 00:00

Ram

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 3.1.16

Affected PluginNested Pages

Affected Version<= 3.1.15

CVSS8.1High

CVECVE-2021-38342

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Vulnerability Overview

The Nested Pages WordPress plugin <= 3.1.15 was vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery via the `npBulkAction`s and `npBulkEdit` `admin_post` actions, which allowed attackers to trash or permanently purge arbitrary posts as well as changing their status, reassigning their ownership, and editing other metadata.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 3.1.16, 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-2021-38342 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ecbbe9f0-bf6c-4153-9843-8ae7713adef9

CVSS Vector

8.1

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

Base

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

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