Description

WordPress Plugin WP Code Highlight.js 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 WP Code Highlight.js version 0.6.2 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 0.6.3 or latest

References

https://zeroauth.ltd/blog/2019/07/17/cve-2019-12934-wp-code-highlightjs-wordpress-plugin-csrf-leads-to-blog-wide-injected-script-html/

https://github.com/owt5008137/WP-Code-Highlight.js/pull/27

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-code-highlightjs/trunk/readme.txt

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2019-12934 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