Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability in Demon Image Annotation Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2022-2864

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Demon Image Annotation
Vendor
CVE Published:
28 October 2022

Summary

The Demon Image Annotation plugin for WordPress has a vulnerability that enables unauthenticated attackers to change plugin settings through Cross-Site Request Forgery due to insufficient nonce validation in the settings file. This flaw allows malicious actors to exploit the vulnerability by tricking an administrator into executing actions via crafted links, potentially leading to the injection of harmful scripts into the site. Users of versions up to and including 4.7 should take immediate action to secure their installations.

Affected Version(s)

demon image annotation 1.0 <= 4.7

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/demon-image-an...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&s...
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2...

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

Yamato Kamioka
.