Description
WordPress Plugin Comment Link Remove and Other Comment Tools is prone to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow a remote attacker to perform certain administrative actions and gain unauthorized access to the affected application; other attacks are also possible. WordPress Plugin Comment Link Remove and Other Comment Tools version 2.1.4 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.
Remediation
Update to plugin version 2.1.6 or latest
References
https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/security-resources/security-advisories/?fid=29225
https://sploitus.com/exploit?id=WPEX-ID:01483284-57F5-4AE9-B5F1-AE26B623571F
https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/comment-link-remove/trunk/readme.txt
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