SB2021102608 - Cross-site request forgery in Countdown and CountUp, WooCommerce Sales Timer plugin for WordPress 



SB2021102608 - Cross-site request forgery in Countdown and CountUp, WooCommerce Sales Timer plugin for WordPress

Published: October 26, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2021102608
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-34636)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin in the "save_theme" function in the ~/includes/admin/coundown_theme_page.php file. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.