MathJax-LaTeX < 1.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

8.8
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVSS 8.8 (High)
Publicly Published March 25, 2013
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Junaid Hussain

Description

The MathJax LaTeX plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions before 1.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the mathjax_plugin_options function. This may make it possible for unauthenticated attackers to arbitrarily change plugin settings 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 MathJax-LaTeX

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug mathjax-latex (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 1.2
Patched Version
  • 1.2

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