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CVE-2021-36876:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Multiple Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities were discovered in WordPress uListing plugin versions 2.0.5 and earlier. The vulnerability was identified on July 27, 2021, and was assigned CVE-2021-36876. The issue stems from the plugin's lack of CSRF checks on plugin administration pages (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery). It received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH) from NIST with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, while Patchstack assigned a CVSS score of 5.4 (MEDIUM) with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability could allow malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The impact severity varies depending on the specific exploitation scenario (Patchstack).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability was fixed in version 2.0.6 of the uListing plugin. Users are recommended to update to version 2.0.6 or later to remove the vulnerability (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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