Related Posts for WordPress <= 2.2.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

5.4
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2024-0592
CVSS 5.4 (Medium)
Publicly Published March 13, 2024
Last Updated March 13, 2024
Researcher Krzysztof Zając - CERT PL

Description

The Related Posts for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the handle_create_link() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to add related posts to other posts via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. This ultimately makes it possible for attackers to view draft and password protected posts.

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Vulnerability Details for Related Posts for WordPress

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug related-posts-for-wp (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.2.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 2.2.1
Patched Version
  • 2.2.2

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