Cross-Site Request Forgery in Twitter Cards Meta Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2017-18504

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Twitter Cards Meta
Vendor
CVE Published:
12 August 2019

Summary

The Twitter Cards Meta plugin for WordPress, prior to version 2.5.0, is prone to a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this weakness by tricking a user into initiating an unwanted action on behalf of that user. If successfully executed, this could lead to unauthorized changes in the user's account or actions carried out under their authority without their knowledge.

References

https://wordpress.org/plugins/twitter-cards-meta/#developers
x_refsource_MISC

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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