Cross-site request forgery in NewsPlugin - CVE-2021-34631
Published: August 23, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU56041
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-34631
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
NewsPlugin
NewsPlugin
Software vendor:
newsplugin.com
newsplugin.com
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 "handle_save_style" function in the ~/news-plugin.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.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.