Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability in Absolute Reviews Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2021-4426

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Absolute Reviews
Vendor
CVE Published:
12 July 2023

What is CVE-2021-4426?

The Absolute Reviews plugin for WordPress is susceptible to a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attack, affecting versions up to and including 1.0.8. This vulnerability arises from the absence of proper nonce validation within the metabox_review_save() function. As a result, unauthorized individuals could potentially exploit this flaw by deceiving an administrator into executing a crafted request, allowing them to save harmful meta tags without adequate permissions.

Affected Version(s)

Absolute Reviews * <= 1.0.8

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
.
The Cyber Security Vulnerability Database.