Change Uploaded File Permissions: Cross-site request forgery
Change Uploaded File Permissions is affected by cross-site request forgery. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Exploitation relies on a signed-in privileged user submitting an attacker-controlled request.
- Component
- Change Uploaded File Permissions
- Plugin slug
change-uploaded-file-permissions- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jun 13, 2022
This CVE was published Jun 13, 2022 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Change Uploaded File Permissions 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
Due to missing checks the Change Uploaded File Permissions WordPress plugin through 4.0.0 is vulnerable to CSRF attacks. This can be used to change the file and folder permissions of any folder. This could be problematic when specific files like ini files are made readable for everyone due to this.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N