Description

WordPress Plugin External Links-nofollow, noopener & new window 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 External Links-nofollow, noopener & new window version 2.57 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 2.58 or latest

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/wp-external-links/external-links-257-cross-site-request-forgery-via-action-admin-action-wpel-dismiss-notice

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-external-links/trunk/readme.txt

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Severity

High

Classification

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 CWE-352