WordPress security changelog
HIGH CVE-2021-24636 Modified

Print My Blog: Cross-site request forgery

Print My Blog 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 8.1 CVSS · contact@wpscan.com
NVD score 8.1 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Print My Blog
Plugin slug
print-my-blog
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Sep 20, 2021
Weakness
CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

This CVE was published Sep 20, 2021 and is one of 5 known issues for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Print My Blog 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 Print My Blog WordPress Plugin before 3.4.2 does not enforce nonce (CSRF) checks, which allows attackers to make logged in administrators deactivate the Print My Blog plugin and delete all saved data for that plugin by tricking them to open a malicious link

NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Primary and upstream sources