WordPress security changelog
HIGH CVE-2021-24890 Modified

Scripts Organizer: Cross-site request forgery

Scripts Organizer is affected by cross-site request forgery. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. Exploitation relies on a signed-in privileged user submitting an attacker-controlled request.

CVE / CNA score 8.8 CVSS 3.1 · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
NVD score 8.8 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Scripts Organizer
Plugin slug
scripts-organizer
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Sep 26, 2022
Weakness
CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

This CVE was published Sep 26, 2022 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Scripts Organizer 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 Scripts Organizer WordPress plugin before 3.0 does not have capability and CSRF checks in the saveScript AJAX action, available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users, and does not validate user input in any way, which could allow unauthenticated users to put arbitrary PHP code in a file

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

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

Primary and upstream sources