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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2021-4426
CVE-2021-4426:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2021-4426 affects the Absolute Reviews WordPress plugin versions up to and including 1.0.8. The vulnerability was discovered by Jerome Bruandet of NinTechNet and was publicly disclosed on July 12, 2023 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) issue caused by missing or incorrect nonce validation in the metaboxreviewsave() function. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (Medium) (Wordfence).
Impact
This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to save meta tags via forged requests if they can trick a site administrator into performing specific actions, such as clicking on a malicious link (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.0.9 of the Absolute Reviews plugin. Site administrators are advised to update to this version or later to protect against this vulnerability (WPScan).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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