Cross-site request forgery in WP Sticky Social plugin for WordPress

1) Cross-site request forgery

EUVDB-ID: #VU77587

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3320

CWE-ID: CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin in the ~/admin/views/admin.php file. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

WP Sticky Social: 1.0.1

External links

http://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a272e12b-97a2-421a-a703-3acce2ed8313?source=cve
http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2926150%40wp-sticky-social&new=2926150%40wp-sticky-social

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.