Description

WordPress Plugin WordPress WP-Advanced-Search 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 WordPress WP-Advanced-Search version 3.3.8 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Edit the source code to ensure that CSRF protection is implemented with Nonce-like mechanism or disable the plugin until a fix is available

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/wp-advanced-search/wp-advanced-search-338-cross-site-request-forgery-leading-to-plugin-settings-updates

https://infosecwriteups.com/wordpress-plugins-security-analysis-61184d783d0c

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2022-47447 CWE-352 CVSS:3.1/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