Vigil@nce - WordPress Acunetix WP Security: Cross Site Request Forgery
March 2014 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a Cross Site Request Forgery in WordPress
Acunetix WP Security, in order to force the victim to perform
operations.
– Impacted products: WordPress Plugins
– Severity: 2/4
– Creation date: 17/02/2014
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The Acunetix WP Security plugin can be installed on WordPress.
However, the origin of queries is not checked. They can for
example originate from an image included in an HTML document.
An attacker can therefore trigger a Cross Site Request Forgery in
WordPress Acunetix WP Security, in order to force the victim to
perform operations.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/WordPress-Acunetix-WP-Security-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery-14266