WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2022-4745 Modified

WP Customer Area: Cross-site request forgery

WP Customer Area 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 6.1 CVSS 3.1 · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
NVD score 7.1 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
WP Customer Area
Plugin slug
wp-customer-area
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Feb 13, 2023
Weakness
Not assigned

This CVE was published Feb 13, 2023 and is one of 6 known issues for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update WP Customer Area 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 WP Customer Area WordPress plugin before 8.1.4 does not have CSRF checks when performing some actions such as chmod, mkdir and copy, which could allow attackers to make a logged-in admin perform them and create arbitrary folders, copy file for example.

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

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

Primary and upstream sources