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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2022-27850
CVE-2022-27850:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Simple Ajax Chat WordPress plugin version 20220115 and earlier contains a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, identified as CVE-2022-27850. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on April 15, 2022, affecting all versions up to and including 20220115, with a fix released in version 20220216 (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score of 5.4 (Medium severity). It is classified as a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability under the OWASP Top 10 category A5: Broken Access Control. The issue affects unauthenticated users and was discovered by researcher RE-ALTER (Patchstack).
Impact
This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The impact is considered low severity and is unlikely to be exploited in most scenarios (Patchstack).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users are advised to update to version 20220216 or later to remediate this vulnerability. The fix is available through the standard WordPress plugin update mechanism (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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