Wordpress 23 Related Posts Plugin: Cross-site request forgery

Wordpress 23 Related Posts Plugin 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 · PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com

NVD score 6.8 CVSS 2.0 · nvd@nist.gov

Component: Wordpress 23 Related Posts Plugin
Plugin slug: wordpress-23-related-posts-plugin
Affected: See vendor advisory
Safe version: See mitigation notes
Published: Jun 02, 2014
Weakness: CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

This CVE was published Jun 02, 2014 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Wordpress 23 Related Posts Plugin 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.

Source record

Technical description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the WordPress Related Posts plugin before 2.6.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that change settings via unspecified vectors.

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

References

Update, patch or deactivate.

Technical description

Primary and upstream sources