Support Board: Arbitrary file deletion
Support Board is affected by arbitrary file deletion. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. A successful request can remove files outside the intended scope and may make the site unavailable.
- Component
- Support Board
- Plugin slug
support-board- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Feb 28, 2022
This CVE was published Feb 28, 2022 and is one of 4 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Support Board 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 Support Board WordPress plugin before 3.3.6 does not have any CSRF checks in actions handled by the include/ajax.php file, which could allow attackers to make logged in users do unwanted actions. For example, make an admin delete arbitrary files
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H