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Vigil@nce - WordPress Plugins: Cross Site Request Forgery of WP Maintenance Mode
July 2013 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a Cross Site Request Forgery in the plugin
WP Maintenance Mode for WordPress, in order to force the victim to
perform operations.
– Impacted products: WordPress Plugins
– Severity: 2/4
– Creation date: 25/06/2013
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The plugin WP Maintenance Mode for WordPress is used to notify
visitors that maintenance operations are in process.
However, the origin of queries is not checked. They can for
example originate from an image included in an HTML document.
Technical details are unknown.
An attacker can therefore trigger a Cross Site Request Forgery in
WP Maintenance Mode of WordPress Plugins, in order to force the
victim to perform operations.
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