Cross-site request forgery in NewsPlugin - CVE-2021-34631

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Cross-site request forgery in NewsPlugin - CVE-2021-34631

Published: August 23, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU56041
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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
Vendor: newsplugin.com
Affected software:
NewsPlugin

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 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.


How to mitigate CVE-2021-34631

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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