Cross-site request forgery in Contest Gallery - Photo Contest Plugin for WordPress - CVE-2019-5974
Published: June 24, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU18888
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5974
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Contest Gallery
Affected software:
Contest Gallery - Photo Contest Plugin for WordPress
Contest Gallery - Photo Contest Plugin for WordPress
Detailed vulnerability 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. 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-5974
Install updates from vendor's website.