Vulnerability Name:

CCN-105343

Published:2015-08-05
Updated:2015-08-05
Summary:WordPress is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the wp-comments-post.php script. By persuading an authenticated user to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could send a malformed HTTP request. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform cross-site scripting attacks, Web cache poisoning, and other malicious activities.
CVSS v3 Severity:8.8 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
7.7 High (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:9.0 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Access
References:Source: CCN
Type: Full Disclosure Mailing List, Wed, 5 Aug 2015 16:11:44 +0000
Comment form CSRF in WordPress 4.2.2 allows admin impersonation via comments

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
wordpress-wpcommentspost-csrf(105343)

Source: CCN
Type: Packet Storm Security [08-06-2015]
WordPress 3.8.1 / 3.8.2 / 4.2.2 Cross Site Request Forgery

Source: CCN
Type: WordPress Web site
WordPress Blog Tool, Publishing Platform, and CMS

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
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    wordpress wordpress 4.2.2