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Vigil@nce - WordPress ACF Better Search: Cross Site Request Forgery
October 2019 by Vigil@nce
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a Cross Site Request Forgery of WordPress ACF Better Search, in order to force the victim to perform operations.
Impacted products: WordPress Plugins not comprehensive.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: user access/rights.
Provenance: internet client.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 09/08/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The ACF Better Search 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 of WordPress ACF Better Search, in order to force the victim to perform operations.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/WordPress-ACF-Better-Search-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery-29999
