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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2021-4415
CVE-2021-4415:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2021-4415 affects the Sunshine Photo Cart plugin for WordPress in versions up to and including 2.8.28. The vulnerability was identified as a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) issue due to missing or incorrect nonce validation in the sunshine_products_quicksave_post() function (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from improper security controls in the sunshine_products_quicksave_post() function, specifically the lack of proper nonce validation. The severity of this vulnerability has been assessed with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 4.3 (Medium) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N (Wordfence).
Impact
This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to save custom post data through forged requests if they can successfully trick a site administrator into performing specific actions, such as clicking on a malicious link (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been patched in version 2.8.29 of the Sunshine Photo Cart plugin. Site administrators are advised to update to this version or later to protect against this CSRF vulnerability (WordPress Patch).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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