CVE-2022-2275 (GCVE-0-2022-2275)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-22 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 00:32
VLAI
Title
WP Edit Menu <= 1.5.0 - Arbitrary Post Deletion via CSRF
Summary
The WP Edit Menu WordPress plugin before 1.5.0 does not have CSRF in an AJAX action, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin delete arbitrary posts/pages from the blog via a CSRF attack
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 Edit Menu Affected: 1.5.0 , < 1.5.0 (custom)
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Credits
Johannes Gangsö
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