Cross-Site Request Forgery in WP Security Question Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2021-4386

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
WP Security Question
Vendor
CVE Published:
1 July 2023

What is CVE-2021-4386?

The WP Security Question plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Cross-Site Request Forgery due to inadequate nonce validation within its save() function. This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to manipulate plugin settings, provided they can deceive a site administrator into initiating a request, potentially through malicious links. Because of this oversight, attackers can exploit this weakness to make unauthorized changes to the site configuration.

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Affected Version(s)

WP Security Question * <= 1.0.5

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://blog.nintechnet.com/25-wordpress-plugins-vulnerab...
https://blog.nintechnet.com/more-wordpress-plugins-and-th...

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

Credit

Jerome Bruandet
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