Vigil@nce - WordPress: Cross Site Request Forgery of wp-comments-post.php
July 2014 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a Cross Site Request Forgery in
wp-comments-post.php of WordPress, in order to force the victim to
perform operations.
Impacted products: WordPress Core
Severity: 2/4
Creation date: 23/06/2014
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The WordPress product offers a web service.
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
wp-comments-post.php of WordPress, in order to force the victim to
perform operations.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/WordPress-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery-of-wp-comments-post-php-14921