Post Snippets <= 3.1.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting

9.6
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2021-25010
CVSS 9.6 (Critical)
Publicly Published January 31, 2022
Last Updated January 27, 2023
Researcher Muhammad Adel

Description

The Post Snippets WordPress plugin before 3.1.4 does not have CSRF check when importing files, allowing attacker to make a logged In admin import arbitrary snippets. Furthermore, imported snippers are not sanitised and escaped, which could lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues

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Vulnerability Details for Post Snippets – Custom WordPress Code Snippets Customizer

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug post-snippets (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 3.1.4, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 3.1.3
Patched Version
  • 3.1.4

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