copy-me <= 1.0.0 - Missing Authorization & Cross-Site Request Forgery

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2016-10938
CVSS Medium (5.4)
Publicly Published December 21, 2016
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Mallory Adams, dwxsupport
Description

The copy-me plugin 1.0.0 for WordPress has CSRF for copying non-public posts to a public location. Edit: The affected function is called via an AJAX action, which makes the endpoint accessible to authenticated users so low level users such as subscribers can also copy posts.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug copy-me (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 1.0.0
Patched Version
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