WordPress security changelog
HIGH CVE-2022-0499 Modified

Sermon Browser: Cross-site request forgery

Sermon Browser 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 8.8 CVSS · contact@wpscan.com
NVD score 8.8 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Sermon Browser
Plugin slug
sermon-browser
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Mar 28, 2022
Weakness
CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

This CVE was published Mar 28, 2022 and is one of 2 known issues for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Sermon Browser 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 Sermon Browser WordPress plugin through 0.45.22 does not have CSRF checks in place when uploading Sermon files, and does not validate them in any way, allowing attackers to make a logged in admin upload arbitrary files such as PHP ones.

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