Custom Post Type UI: Cross-site request forgery
Custom Post Type UI 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
- Custom Post Type UI
- Plugin slug
custom-post-type-ui- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Apr 24, 2023
- Weakness
- Not assigned
This CVE was published Apr 24, 2023 and is one of 3 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Custom Post Type UI 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 Custom Post Type UI WordPress plugin before 1.13.5 does not properly check for CSRF when sending the debug information to a user supplied email, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin send such information to an arbitrary email address via a CSRF attack.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N