WP Simple Adsense Insertion: Cross-site request forgery
WP Simple Adsense Insertion 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.
- Component
- WP Simple Adsense Insertion
- Plugin slug
wp-simple-adsense-insertion- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jun 08, 2022
This CVE was published Jun 08, 2022 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update WP Simple Adsense Insertion 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 Simple Adsense Insertion WordPress plugin before 2.1 does not perform CSRF checks on updates to its admin page, allowing an attacker to trick a logged in user to manipulate ads and inject arbitrary javascript via submitting a form.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N