Description

WordPress Plugin LayerSlider 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 Plugin LayerSlider version 4.6.1 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 5.0.0 or latest

References

http://www.intelligentexploit.com/view-details.html?id=18679

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/125637/WordPress-LayerSlider-4.6.1-CSRF-Traversal.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/57309/

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WordPress Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls Vulnerability (CVE-2010-5296)

WordPress Plugin Special Text Boxes Unspecified Vulnerability (5.5.102)

WordPress Plugin AppPresser-Mobile App Framework Cross-Site Scripting (1.1.4)

Severity

High

Classification

CWE-352 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update CSRF