Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability in Read-and-Understood Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2018-5669

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Read And Understood
Vendor
CVE Published:
13 January 2018

What is CVE-2018-5669?

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability has been identified in version 2.1 of the Read-and-Understood plugin for WordPress. This flaw allows unauthorized actions to be triggered on behalf of authenticated users via manipulated requests sent to the wp-admin/options-general.php endpoint. Exploiting this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized privilege escalation and unauthorized data manipulation, presenting a serious risk to the security of WordPress sites using this plugin.

References

https://github.com/d4wner/Vulnerabilities-Report/blob/mas...
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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 Reserved

  • Vulnerability published

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