Zemanta Related Posts prior 1.0 cross-site request forgery

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Zemanta Related Posts. This affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the WordPress Related Posts plugin before 2.6.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that change settings via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 06/02/2014 by Charlie Eriksen (Website). The advisory is shared at wordpress.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-3476 since 05/07/2013. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 1.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (84247). The entry 69895 is pretty similar.

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Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Upgrade: Related Posts 1.0

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05/14/2013 +7 days 🔍
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06/02/2014 +384 days 🔍
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03/26/2015 +297 days 🔍
03/04/2018 +1074 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordpress.org
Researcher: Charlie Eriksen
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-3476 (🔍)
X-Force: 84247 - WordPress Related Posts plugin for WordPress CVE-2013-3476 unspecified cross-site request forgery
SecurityFocus: 59839
Secunia: 53279 - WordPress WordPress Related Posts Plugin Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability, Less Critical

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Created: 03/26/2015 12:07
Updated: 03/04/2018 21:45
Changes: 03/26/2015 12:07 (52), 03/04/2018 21:45 (7)
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