PWGRandom up to 1.11 pwgrandom_category cross-site request forgery

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in PWGRandom up to 1.11. This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation of the argument pwgrandom_category 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:

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the PWGRandom plugin 1.11 and earlier for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the (1) pwgrandom_title or (2) pwgrandom_category parameter in the pwgrandom page to wp-admin/options-general.php.

The weakness was presented 12/31/2014 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-9394 since 12/17/2014. 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. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (99437).

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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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12/17/2014 🔍
12/31/2014 +14 days 🔍
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03/27/2015 +86 days 🔍
04/10/2022 +2571 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 129640
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2014-9394 (🔍)
X-Force: 99437

Entryinfo

Created: 03/27/2015 14:56
Updated: 04/10/2022 10:07
Changes: 03/27/2015 14:56 (40), 04/08/2018 12:34 (6), 04/10/2022 10:07 (3)
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