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CVE-2022-1695 (GCVE-0-2022-1695)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-06-06 08:51 – Updated: 2024-08-03 00:10
VLAI
Title
WP Simple Adsense Insertion < 2.1 - Inject ads and javascript via CSRF
Summary
The WP Simple Adsense Insertion WordPress plugin before 2.1 does not perform CSRF checks on updates to its admin page, allowing an attacker to trick a logged in user to manipulate ads and inject arbitrary javascript via submitting a form.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown WP Simple Adsense Insertion Affected: 2.1 , < 2.1 (custom)
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Credits
Daniel Ruf
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