Banner Cycler Plugin up to 1.4 on WordPress ~/admin/admin.php pabc_admin_slides_postback cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Banner Cycler Plugin up to 1.4 on WordPress. This affects the function pabc_admin_slides_postback of the file ~/admin/admin.php. Such manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2022-2233. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Banner Cycler Plugin up to 1.4 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function pabc_admin_slides_postback of the file ~/admin/admin.php. The manipulation 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 integrity. CVE summarizes:

The Banner Cycler plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including 1.4. This is due to missing nonce protection on the pabc_admin_slides_postback() function found in the ~/admin/admin.php file. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious web scripts into the page, granted they can trick a site’s administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link

The weakness was presented 09/07/2022. The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-2233 since 06/27/2022. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

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

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.2
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CNA Base Score: 8.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasuresinfo

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Timelineinfo

06/27/2022 🔍
09/07/2022 +72 days 🔍
09/07/2022 +0 days 🔍
04/08/2026 +1309 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2022-2233 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-2233
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-207908

Entryinfo

Created: 09/07/2022 08:38
Updated: 04/08/2026 23:05
Changes: 09/07/2022 08:38 (40), 10/13/2022 11:35 (12), 04/08/2026 23:05 (27)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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