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GHSA-PMFH-PXQG-PGF4

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 22:28 – Updated: 2022-05-24 22:28

Details

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in WordPress Media File Renamer – Auto & Manual Rename plugin (versions <= 5.1.9). Affected parameters "post_title", "filename", "lock". This allows changing the uploaded media title, media file name, and media locking state.

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CVE-2021-36850 (GCVE-0-2021-36850)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-10-04 16:57 – Updated: 2026-04-28 16:07

Title

WordPress Media File Renamer – Auto & Manual Rename plugin <= 5.1.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability

Summary

Severity

5.4 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-03-28 16:48 UTC

CWE

CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Assigner

Patchstack CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard B 75/100 over 3313 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
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https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/med…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Meow Apps	Media File Renamer – Auto & Manual Rename (WordPress plugin)	Affected: <= 5.1.9 , ≤ 5.1.9 (custom)

Date Public

2021-04-08 00:00

Credits

Original researcher - Ngo Van Thien (Patchstack Red Team)

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