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CVE-2022-1203: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Content Mask WordPress plugin before version 1.8.4.1 contains a security vulnerability identified as CVE-2022-1203. The vulnerability stems from missing authorization and CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery) checks in various AJAX actions, as well as inadequate validation of plugin options (WPScan).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified with CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) and CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery). It 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 (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows any authenticated user, including those with minimal privileges such as subscribers, to modify arbitrary blog options in WordPress installations running the affected plugin versions. This could lead to unauthorized changes to critical site settings (WPScan).

Exploitability

The vulnerability can be exploited through AJAX actions by sending a POST request to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with specific parameters. A proof of concept exists demonstrating how an authenticated user with subscriber-level access can modify blog options (WPScan).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.8.4.1 of the Content Mask plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to protect their WordPress installations (WPScan).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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