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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2022-38470
CVE-2022-38470:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin versions 5.3.5 and below for WordPress. The vulnerability was identified and disclosed in September 2022 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH) by NVD with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, while Patchstack assessed it with a score of 4.3 (MEDIUM) with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (NVD).
Impact
A successful exploitation of this CSRF vulnerability could allow an attacker to perform unauthorized actions on behalf of authenticated users, potentially leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system according to the NVD assessment (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users are advised to update to a version newer than 5.3.5 of the Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin to address this vulnerability (WordPress Plugin).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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