CVE-2022-40686
Creative Mail <= 1.5.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Plugin Deactivation
highCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
8.8
CVSS Score
8.8
CVSS Score
high
Severity
1.6.0
Patched in
452d
Time to patch
Description
The Creative Mail plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.5.4. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on settings change. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to deactivate arbitrary plugins via forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
CVSS Vector Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HAttack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
High
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
Technical Details
Affected versions
<=1.5.4PublishedOctober 28, 2022
Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024
Affected plugincreative-mail-by-constant-contact
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