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CVE-2022-1761: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Peter's Collaboration E-mails WordPress plugin through version 2.2.0 contains a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability due to missing nonce checks (CVE-2022-1761). The vulnerability was discovered by Daniel Ruf and publicly disclosed on May 23, 2022 (WPScan).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from missing nonce checks in the plugin's functionality. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N, indicating network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and user interaction required. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (NVD).

Impact

If exploited, this vulnerability allows attackers to modify the plugin's settings through CSRF attacks. The potential changes include lowering required user level permissions, modifying text content, changing email addresses, and other administrative settings (WPScan).

Mitigation and workarounds

As of the latest available information, there is no known fix for this vulnerability in the Peter's Collaboration E-mails WordPress plugin (WPScan).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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