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Ask Me < 6.8.7 - Post Deletion via CSRF

Description

The plugin has a CSRF vulnerability that allows the deletion of a post without using a nonce or prompting for confirmation.

Proof of Concept

An attacker can log in to their own account, grab the link structure of the post-deletion request, and then forge it to the victim's post ID and send it to the victim. As soon as the victim accesses the link, the post will be deleted without asking for confirmation or using a nonce.
 

Affects Themes

ask-me
Fixed in version 6.8.7

References

CVE
CVE-2022-3750

Classification

Type

CSRF

OWASP top 10
A2: Broken Authentication and Session Management
CWE
CWE-352

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher

Srijan Adhikari

Submitter

Srijan Adhikari

Submitter twitter
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Verified

Yes

WPVDB ID
5019db80-0356-497d-b488-a26a5de78676

Timeline

Publicly Published

2022-10-28 (about 6 months ago)

Added

2022-10-28 (about 6 months ago)

Last Updated

2022-10-31 (about 6 months ago)

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