Disqus Comment System: Cross-site request forgery
Disqus Comment System 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
- Disqus Comment System
- Plugin slug
disqus-comment-system- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Aug 19, 2014
This CVE was published Aug 19, 2014 and is one of 3 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Disqus Comment System 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
Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Disqus Comment System plugin 2.77 for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) activate or (2) deactivate the plugin via the active parameter to wp-admin/edit-comments.php, (3) import comments via an import_comments action, or (4) export comments via an export_comments action to wp-admin/index.php.
NVD vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P