Bitcoin / Altcoin Faucet: Cross-site scripting
Bitcoin / Altcoin Faucet is affected by cross-site scripting. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.
- Component
- Bitcoin / Altcoin Faucet
- Plugin slug
bitcoin/altcoin-faucet- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Sep 26, 2022
This CVE was published Sep 26, 2022 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Bitcoin / Altcoin Faucet to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Bitcoin / Altcoin Faucet WordPress plugin through 1.6.0 does not have any CSRF check when saving its settings, allowing attacker to make a logged in admin change them via a CSRF attack. Furthermore, due to the lack of sanitisation and escaping, it could also lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N