CVE-2021-34637 (GCVE-0-2021-34637)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-02 20:39 – Updated: 2024-09-17 03:32
VLAI?
Title
Post Index <= 0.7.5 Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
The Post Index WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery via the OptionsPage function found in the ~/php/settings.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 0.7.5.
Severity ?
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
iTux Post Index Affected: 0.7.5 , ≤ 0.7.5 (custom)
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Date Public ?
2021-07-26 00:00
Credits
Kentaro Kuroki, Cryptography Laboratory in Tokyo Denki University
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