Auto Delete Posts <= 1.3.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary Settings Update

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2022-1779
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published May 23, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Daniel Ruf
Description

The Auto Delete Posts WordPress plugin through 1.3.0 does not have CSRF check in place when updating its settings, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them via a CSRF attack and delete specific posts, categories and attachments at once.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug auto-delete-posts (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 1.3.0
Patched Version
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