Post Index <= 0.7.5 Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting

8.8
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2021-34637
CVSS 8.8 (High)
Publicly Published July 26, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Kentaro Kuroki, Cryptography Laboratory in Tokyo Denki University

Description

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.

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Vulnerability Details for Post Index

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug post-index (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
  • <= 0.7.5

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