Cross-site request forgery in Block wp-login - #VU18955
Published: July 2, 2019 / Updated: July 2, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU18955
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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 and lack of authorisation checks in the "bwpl_configure_slug()" function registered as an "admin_init" action. A remote attacker can change the plugin settings at "/wp-admin/options-permalink.php" and disable the protection.
This vulnerability leads to unauthorized option update via CSRF or unauthenticated usage of the "admin-ajax.php".
Affected software
Block wp-login
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
Block wp-login - update to 1.3.2