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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2022-2223
CVE-2022-2223:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The WordPress plugin Image Slider (versions up to 1.1.121) was identified with vulnerability CVE-2022-2223, discovered in July 2022. This Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affects the plugin's ewicduplicateslider function due to improper nonce verification (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from a failure to properly implement nonce checks in the ewicduplicateslider function, which is classified as CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery). The severity is rated as MEDIUM with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (NIST) and 5.4 (Wordfence), with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to duplicate existing posts or pages by tricking site administrators into performing specific actions, such as clicking on malicious links (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
A patch has been released to address this vulnerability. Users should update the Image Slider plugin to a version newer than 1.1.121 (WordPress Patch).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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