Mail On Update prior 5.0.0 mailonupdate_mailto cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mail On Update. It has been declared as problematic. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation of the argument mailonupdate_mailto leads to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-2107. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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A vulnerability was found in Mail On Update and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation of the argument mailonupdate_mailto with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Mail On Update plugin before 5.2.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that change the "List of alternative recipients" via the mailonupdate_mailto parameter in the mail-on-update page to wp-admin/options-general.php. NOTE: a third party claims that 5.2.1 and 5.2.2 are also vulnerable, but the issue might require a separate CVE identifier since this might reflect an incomplete fix.

The weakness was disclosed 05/22/2014 by Henri Salo (Website). The advisory is available at wordpress.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-2107 since 02/19/2013. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 12961 (WordPress Mail On Update Plugin Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 5.0.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (38517), SecurityFocus (BID 59932†), OSVDB (93452†), Secunia (SA53449†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-44815†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mail On Update 5.0.0

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02/19/2013 🔍
05/16/2013 +86 days 🔍
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Advisory: wordpress.org
Researcher: Henri Salo
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-2107 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-2107
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-69782
SecurityFocus: 59932 - WordPress Mail On Update Plugin Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability
Secunia: 53449
OSVDB: 93452
Vulnerability Center: 44815 - Mail On Update Plugin before 5.2.0 for WordPress Remote Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF), Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

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Created: 03/25/2015 04:45 PM
Updated: 03/10/2025 02:11 PM
Changes: 03/25/2015 04:45 PM (54), 05/30/2017 10:52 AM (9), 12/27/2024 12:04 PM (20), 03/10/2025 02:11 PM (1)
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