Description

WordPress Plugin WP Basic Elements 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 WP Basic Elements version 5.2.15 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 5.3.0 or latest

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/wp-basic-elements/wp-basic-elements-5215-cross-site-request-forgery-via-wpbe-save-settings

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-basic-elements/trunk/readme.txt

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2022-47139 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