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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2022-46842
CVE-2022-46842:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affects the JS Help Desk WordPress plugin versions 2.7.1 and earlier. The vulnerability was discovered and reported on December 11, 2022, and was publicly disclosed on January 27, 2023 (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery). It received varying CVSS v3.1 severity ratings: NIST assigned a Base Score of 8.8 HIGH (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), while Patchstack assigned a Base Score of 5.4 MEDIUM (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L) (NVD).
Impact
This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication (Patchstack).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in version 2.7.2 of the JS Help Desk plugin. Users are advised to update to version 2.7.2 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users can enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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