Footer Text <= 2.0.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Cross-Site Scripting

6.1
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2022-27860
CVSS 6.1 (Medium)
Publicly Published April 28, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Rasi Afeef - Patchstack Alliance

Description

The Footer Text plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.0.3. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the render_footer_text_options_page() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the plugin's settings and inject malicious web scripts via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

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Vulnerability Details for Footer Text

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug footer-text (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
  • <= 2.0.3

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