Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability in DW Question & Answer Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2021-4408

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Dw Question & Answer
Vendor
CVE Published:
12 July 2023

What is CVE-2021-4408?

The DW Question & Answer plugin for WordPress is susceptible to a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attack, primarily due to inadequate nonce validation in the update_answer() functionality. This vulnerability allows unauthorized attackers to exploit the system by tricking a site administrator into executing unintended actions, such as clicking a malicious link, thereby modifying answers to questions without proper authorization.

Affected Version(s)

DW Question & Answer 0 <= 1.5.8

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
.