CVE-2022-2912
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Craw Data WordPress plugin through version 1.0.0 contains a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability due to missing nonce checks. The vulnerability was discovered and publicly disclosed on August 19, 2022, and was assigned CVE-2022-2912. This security flaw affects the plugin's URL handling functionality and has been assigned a CVSS score of 5.4 (medium severity) (WPScan).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from the plugin's failure to implement nonce checks in its functionality. When configuring the CrawData addon, attackers can manipulate the URL parameter in requests to the admin-ajax.php endpoint. The vulnerability is triggered through a GET request to '/wordpress/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php' with a modified 'url' parameter, allowing for unwanted crawls on third-party sites. The issue is classified under CWE-918 and falls into the OWASP Top 10 category A1: Injection (WPScan).

Impact

The vulnerability allows attackers with administrative access to perform unwanted crawls on third-party sites through Server-Side Request Forgery. This could potentially be used to probe internal networks or conduct unauthorized scans of external systems (WPScan).

Mitigation and workarounds

As of the vulnerability disclosure, there is no known fix available for this security issue. Users of the Craw Data plugin should consider implementing additional security controls or temporarily disabling the plugin until a patch is available (WPScan).

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