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CVE-2022-33974:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was identified in the Smash Balloon Custom Twitter Feeds (Tweets Widget) WordPress plugin versions 1.8.4 and earlier. The vulnerability was discovered on May 25, 2023, and was assigned CVE-2022-33974 (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assessed with varying CVSS v3.1 scores: NVD rates it as HIGH with a base score of 8.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), while Patchstack rates it as MEDIUM with a score of 5.4. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability could allow malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The attack vector is network-based, requires low attack complexity, needs no privileges, but does require user interaction (Patchstack).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in version 2.0 of the plugin. Users are advised to update to version 2.0 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users have the option to enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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