Embed Plus Plugin for YouTube <= 11.8.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

2017-07-25 00:00

Mallory Adams

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 11.8.2

Affected PluginEmbed Plus for YouTube Gallery, Livestream and Lazy Loading with Facades

Affected Version<= 11.8.1

CVSS6.5Medium

CVECVE-2017-1000224

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Vulnerability Overview

CSRF in YouTube (WordPress plugin) could allow unauthenticated attacker to change any setting within the plugin

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 11.8.2, 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-2017-1000224 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/91ebde99-3383-4179-a72b-2709c1db9e53

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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