CVE-2021-34637

The Post Index WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery via the OptionsPage function found in the ~/php/settings.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 0.7.5.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-index/trunk/php/settings.php#L86	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-34637	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:post_index_project:post_index:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2021-08-02 21:15

Updated : 2021-08-11 14:54

NVD link : CVE-2021-34637

Mitre link : CVE-2021-34637

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-34637

JSON object : View

Products Affected

post_index_project

post_index

CWE

CWE-352

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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