CVE-2021-24913
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Logo Showcase with Slick Slider WordPress plugin versions before 2.0.1 contains a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, identified as CVE-2021-24913. The vulnerability was discovered and publicly disclosed on January 31, 2022. This security issue affects the plugin's AJAX action 'lswsssaveattachment_data' functionality (WPScan).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from the absence of CSRF protection in the 'lswsssaveattachment_data' AJAX action. The issue has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) (NVD).

Impact

When exploited, this vulnerability allows attackers to modify the title, description, alt text, and URL of arbitrary uploaded media files through a logged-in high-privilege user's session. This could lead to unauthorized modifications of media content on the affected WordPress installation (WPScan).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in version 2.0.1 of the Logo Showcase with Slick Slider plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the security risk (WordPress Changelog).

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