Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability in Better Search Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2021-4400

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Better Search – Relevant Search Results For WordPress
Vendor
CVE Published:
1 July 2023

Summary

The Better Search plugin for WordPress is exposed to a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in versions up to 2.5.2. This flaw arises from a lack of proper nonce validation in the bsearch_process_settings_import() and bsearch_process_settings_export() functions. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by tricking an authenticated site administrator into clicking a malicious link, potentially allowing unauthorized settings import and export actions via forged requests.

Affected Version(s)

Better Search – Relevant search results for WordPress * <= 2.5.2

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:
4.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Jerome Bruandet
.