Youtube: Cross-site request forgery
Youtube is affected by cross-site request forgery. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. Exploitation relies on a signed-in privileged user submitting an attacker-controlled request.
- Component
- Youtube
- Plugin slug
youtube- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Nov 17, 2017
This CVE was published Nov 17, 2017 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Youtube 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
CSRF in YouTube (WordPress plugin) could allow unauthenticated attacker to change any setting within the plugin
NVD vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N