Description

WordPress Plugin Featured Comments 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 Featured Comments version 1.2.1 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 1.2.2 or latest

References

https://security.dxw.com/advisories/csrf-in-featured-comments-1-2-1-allows-an-attacker-to-set-and-unset-comment-statuses/

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127023/WordPress-Featured-Comments-1.2.1-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67955/exploit

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2014-4163 CWE-352 CVSS:3.0/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