Code Snippets <= 2.13.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Remote Code Execution

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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

CVE	CVE-2020-8417
CVSS	High (8.8)
Publicly Published	January 29, 2020
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Chloe Chamberland

Description

The Code Snippets plugin before 2.14.0 for WordPress allows CSRF because of the lack of a Referer check on the import menu.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	code-snippets (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 2.13.3
Patched Version	2.14.0

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