WF-59bf14a9-5abe-4b83-9364-d318eedaba83-vmagazine-lite

AccessPress Themes and Plugin <= Various Versions - Cross-Site Request Forgery

highCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
8.8
CVSS Score
8.8
CVSS Score
high
Severity
1.3.6
Patched in
799d
Time to patch

Description

A WordPress plugin and several WordPress themes developed by AccessPress Themes are vulnerable to cross-site request forgery via the plugin_activation_callback and plugin_deactivate_callback functions, called via AJAX actions, that were missing capability checks and nonce validation. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to deactivate and activate arbitrary plugins, granted they could trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking a link. This could be used to deactivate security plugins and exploit other potential vulnerabilities.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
High
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=1.3.5
PublishedJanuary 11, 2022
Last updatedMarch 19, 2024
Affected themevmagazine-lite

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