Description

WordPress Plugin Shantz WordPress QOTD 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 Shantz WordPress QOTD version 1.2.2 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Edit the source code to ensure that CSRF protection is implemented with Nonce-like mechanism or disable the plugin until a fix is available

References

https://sploitus.com/exploit?id=WPEX-ID:1DD0F9A8-22AB-4ECC-A925-605822739000

https://wordpress.org/plugins/shantz-wordpress-qotd/#description

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2021-24380 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