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WordPress Plugin Login Widget With Shortcode Cross-Site Request Forgery (3.1.1)

Description

WordPress Plugin Login Widget With Shortcode 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 Login Widget With Shortcode version 3.1.1 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 3.2.1 or latest

References

https://security.dxw.com/advisories/csrfxss-vulnerablity-in-login-widget-with-shortcode-allows-unauthenticated-attackers-to-do-anything-an-admin-can-do/

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34762/

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128291/WordPress-Login-Widget-With-Shortcode-3.1.1-CSRF-XSS.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69871/exploit

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2014-6312 CWE-352 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Tags

Missing Update CSRF

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