Description

WordPress is prone to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow a remote attacker to perform certain administrative actions and gain unauthorized access to the affected application; other attacks are also possible. WordPress versions ranging from 0.70 and up to (and including) 3.6.1 are vulnerable.

Remediation

Update to WordPress version 5.1.1 or latest

References

https://blog.ripstech.com/2019/wordpress-csrf-to-rce/

https://cert.360.cn/warning/detail?id=149a32b8f582ee5e0cbd5f1c1b4a61de

https://wordpress.org/news/2019/03/wordpress-5-1-1-security-and-maintenance-release/

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2019-9787 CWE-352 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update CSRF