Description

WordPress Plugin CopySafe Web Protection 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 CopySafe Web Protection version 2.5 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 2.6 or latest

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41846/

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142050/WordPress-CopySafe-Web-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Apr/42

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-copysafe-web/#changelog

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2017-8100 CWE-352 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N 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

Tags

Missing Update CSRF