WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Counter Box < 1.2.1 - Arbitrary Counter Activation/Deactivation via CSRF

Description

The plugin is lacking CSRF check when activating and deactivating counters, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin perform such actions via CSRF attacks

Proof of Concept

https://example.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=counter-box&id=1&action=activate
https://example.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=counter-box&id=1&action=deactivate

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 1.2.1

References

Classification

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Raad Haddad of Cloudyrion GmbH
Submitter
Raad Haddad of Cloudyrion GmbH
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2022-07-08 (about 1 years ago)
Added
2022-07-08 (about 1 years ago)
Last Updated
2023-04-11 (about 1 years ago)

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