Description

WordPress Plugin WP HTML Sitemap 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 HTML Sitemap version 1.2 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://security.dxw.com/advisories/csrf-vulnerability-in-wp-html-sitemap-1-2/

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Mar/400

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/125933/WordPress-HTML-Sitemap-1.2-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2014-2675 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