WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2014-100001 Modified

Liveoptim: Cross-site request forgery

Liveoptim 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.

CVE / CNA score 6.8 CVSS · cve@mitre.org
NVD score 6.8 CVSS 2.0 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Liveoptim
Plugin slug
liveoptim
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Jan 13, 2015
Weakness
CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

This CVE was published Jan 13, 2015 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Liveoptim 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

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the SEO Plugin LiveOptim plugin before 1.1.4-free for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that change plugin settings via unspecified vectors. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

NVD vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Primary and upstream sources