CVE-2022-1793 (GCVE-0-2022-1793)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-06-13 12:43 – Updated: 2024-08-03 00:16
VLAI
Title
Private Files <= 0.40 - Protection Disabling via CSRF
Summary
The Private Files WordPress plugin through 0.40 is missing CSRF check when disabling the protection, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin perform such action via a CSRF attack and make the blog public
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 Private Files Affected: 0.40 , ≤ 0.40 (custom)
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Credits
Daniel Ruf
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