Cross-site request forgery in WordPress WPQA premium plugin



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2022-3688
CWE-ID CWE-352
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 WPQA
Client/Desktop applications / Plugins for browsers, ActiveX components

Vendor 2codeThemes

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Cross-site request forgery

EUVDB-ID: #VU70299

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-3688

CWE-ID: CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Exploit availability: No

Description

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. 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.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

WPQA: before 5.9

CPE2.3 External links

http://wpscan.com/vulnerability/03b2c6e6-b86e-4143-a84a-7a99060c4848


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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