Himer - Social Questions and Answers <= 2.1.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary User Invites

2024-07-15 00:00
Sushmita Poudel

Strategic Overview

Vulnerability Overview

The Himer theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the wpqa_add_group_user AJAX action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to send user invites to private groups via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.1.3, 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

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