Description

WordPress Plugin Prevent files/folders access 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 Prevent files/folders access version 1.1.1 is vulnerable.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 1.1.2 or latest

References

https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/09/11/what-security-review-brand-new-wordpress-plugin-contains-csrf-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability/

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/prevent-file-access/trunk/README.txt

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Severity

High

Classification

CWE-352 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update CSRF