Autolinks <= 1.0.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Cross-Site Scripting

8.8
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2022-1112
CVSS 8.8 (High)
Publicly Published April 13, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Vaibhav Nitin Gaikwad

Description

The Autolinks WordPress plugin through 1.0.1 does not have CSRF check in place when updating its settings, and does not sanitise as well as escape them, which could allow attackers to perform Stored Cross-Site scripting against a logged in admin via a CSRF attack

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Vulnerability Details for Autolinks

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug autolinks (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Remediation No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
Affected Version
  • <= 1.0.1

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