WP Performance Score Booster <= 2.0 - Settings Change via Cross-Site Request Forgery

2021-10-18 00:00

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Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.1

Affected PluginWP Performance Score Booster – Optimize Speed, Enable Cache & Page Preload

Affected Version<= 2.0

CVSS4.3Medium

CVECVE-2021-24776

View all WP Performance Score Booster – Optimize Speed, Enable Cache & Page Preload vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Overview

The WP Performance Score Booster WordPress plugin before 2.1 does not have CSRF check when saving its settings, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them via a CSRF attack.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.1, 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-2021-24776 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d97af468-d345-4d19-a1b0-f42d890a34d8

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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