CVE-2021-4396
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-352
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Publication date:
01/07/2023
Last modified:
07/11/2023
Description
The Rucy plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 0.4.4. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the save_rc_post_meta() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to save post meta via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
4.30
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:rucy_project:rucy:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | 0.4.4 (including) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/25-wordpress-plugins-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/more-wordpress-plugins-and-themes-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-1/
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-2/
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-3/
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-4/
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-5/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/rucy/trunk/inc/class-rucy-editor.php#L237
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/595d0401-55b9-418e-8b99-48b23e9a2662?source=cve