WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2015-6523 Modified

Portfolio: Cross-site request forgery

Portfolio 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
Portfolio
Plugin slug
portfolio
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Aug 19, 2015
Weakness
CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

This CVE was published Aug 19, 2015 and is one of 3 known issues for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Portfolio 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 Portfolio plugin before 1.05 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that have unspecified impact via a request to the instagram-portfolio page in wp-admin/options-general.php.

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

Primary and upstream sources