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2 vulnerabilities found for DW Question & Answer by designwall
CVE-2021-4408 (GCVE-0-2021-4408)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2023-07-12 03:02 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:10
VLAI
Title
DW Question & Answer <= 1.5.8 - Cross-Site Request Forgery Bypass
Summary
The DW Question & Answer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.5.8. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the update_answer() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update answers to questions via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Assigner
References
9 references
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| designwall | DW Question & Answer |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 1.5.8
(semver)
|
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CVE-2021-4408 (GCVE-0-2021-4408)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-07-12 03:02 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:10
VLAI
Title
DW Question & Answer <= 1.5.8 - Cross-Site Request Forgery Bypass
Summary
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Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Assigner
References
9 references
Impacted products
1 product
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