Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability in Slider Hero Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2021-4424

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Slider Hero With Animation, Video Background
Vendor
CVE Published:
12 July 2023

Summary

The Slider Hero plugin for WordPress has a vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to exploit Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) due to inadequate nonce validation in the qc_slider_hero_duplicate() function. This vulnerability could enable attackers to duplicate slides if they can successfully trick an administrator into executing malicious requests, such as clicking on deceptive links. It's crucial for site administrators to apply the latest updates to mitigate this risk.

Affected Version(s)

Slider Hero with Animation, Video Background * <= 8.2.0

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
.