CVE-2022-4974
Freemius WordPress CSRF & Info Disclosure Vulnerability
Description
The Freemius SDK, as used by hundreds of WordPress plugin and theme developers, was vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery and Information disclosure due to missing capability checks and nonce protection on the _get_debug_log, _get_db_option, and the _set_db_option functions in versions up to, and including 2.4.2. Any WordPress plugin or theme running a version of Freemius less than 2.4.3 is vulnerable.
INFO
Published Date :
Oct. 16, 2024, 7:15 a.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 16, 2024, 4:38 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.4
Exploitability Score :
2.8
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CVE Received by [email protected]
Oct. 16, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description The Freemius SDK, as used by hundreds of WordPress plugin and theme developers, was vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery and Information disclosure due to missing capability checks and nonce protection on the _get_debug_log, _get_db_option, and the _set_db_option functions in versions up to, and including 2.4.2. Any WordPress plugin or theme running a version of Freemius less than 2.4.3 is vulnerable. Added Reference Wordfence https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/39fb0499-9ab4-4a2f-b0db-ece86bcf4d42?source=cve [No types assigned] Added Reference Wordfence https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6dae6dca-7474-4008-9fe5-4c62b9f12d0a [No types assigned] Added Reference Wordfence https://freemius.com/blog/managing-security-issues-open-source-freemius-sdk-security-disclosure/ [No types assigned] Added Reference Wordfence https://wpdirectory.net/search/01FWPVWA7BC5DYGZHNSZQ9QMN5 [No types assigned] Added Reference Wordfence https://wpdirectory.net/search/01G02RSGMFS1TPT63FS16RWEYR [No types assigned] Added Reference Wordfence https://web.archive.org/web/20220225174410/https%3A//www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2022/02/25/our-security-review-of-wordpress-plugin-found-freemius-library-still-contained-vulnerabilities-3-years-after-major-security-incident/ [No types assigned] Added CWE Wordfence CWE-862 Added CVSS V3.1 Wordfence AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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