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CVE-2022-0328:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2022-0328 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting the Simple Membership WordPress plugin versions before 4.0.9. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by Krzysztof Zając, and was publicly disclosed on January 25, 2022 (WPScan).
Technical details
The vulnerability exists due to the lack of CSRF protection when deleting members in bulk within the plugin. The issue has been assigned a CVSS score of 5.4 (medium) and is classified under CWE-352. The vulnerability falls under the OWASP Top 10 category A2: Broken Authentication and Session Management (WPScan).
Impact
An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to make a logged-in administrator unknowingly delete members from the system via a CSRF attack. This could result in unauthorized removal of legitimate users from the WordPress site (WPScan).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in version 4.0.9 of the Simple Membership plugin. Site administrators should 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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