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CVE-2022-47448:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in the xili-tidy-tags WordPress plugin versions 1.12.03 and below. The vulnerability was assigned CVE-2022-47448 and was first reported on December 15, 2022, with public disclosure on March 14, 2023 (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) and received varying CVSS scores: an NVD base score of 8.8 (HIGH) with vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, and a Patchstack assessment of 5.4 (MEDIUM) with vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability could allow malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The plugin lacks CSRF checks in certain areas, potentially enabling attackers to make logged-in users perform unintended actions through CSRF attacks (WPScan).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.12.04 of the xili-tidy-tags plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to remove the vulnerability (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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