VDB-73645 · CVE-2014-7957 · ID 129890

Pods up to 2.4.2 ID cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Pods up to 2.4.2. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation of the argument ID causes cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2014-7957. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Pods up to 2.4.2. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation of the argument id with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Pods plugin before 2.5 for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the toggled parameter in a toggle action in the pods-components page to wp-admin/admin.php, (2) delete a pod in a delete action in the pods page to wp-admin/admin.php, (3) reset pod settings and data via the pods_reset parameter in the pod-settings page to wp-admin/admin.php, (4) deactivate and reset pod data via the pods_reset_deactivate parameter in the pod-settings page to wp-admin/admin.php, (5) delete the admin role via the id parameter in a delete action in the pods-component-roles-and-capabilities page to wp-admin/admin.php, or (6) enable "roles and capabilities" in a toggle action in the pods-components page to wp-admin/admin.php.

The weakness was published 01/15/2015 (Website). The advisory is shared at wordpress.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-7957 since 10/07/2014. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 2.4.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 71996†). Similar entry is available at VDB-73644. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Pods 2.4.3

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10/07/2014 🔍
01/10/2015 +95 days 🔍
01/15/2015 +5 days 🔍
01/15/2015 +0 days 🔍
03/27/2015 +71 days 🔍
04/11/2022 +2572 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 129890
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2014-7957 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-7957
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-73645
SecurityFocus: 71996 - WordPress Pods Plugin CVE-2014-7957 Multiple Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/27/2015 14:56
Updated: 04/11/2022 09:42
Changes: 03/27/2015 14:56 (47), 04/08/2018 12:30 (6), 04/11/2022 09:42 (3)
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