Custom Post Type UI <= 1.7.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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	Not available
CVSS	High (8.8)
Publicly Published	March 18, 2020
Last Updated	January 22, 2024

Description

The Custom Post Type UI plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request forgery in versions up to, and including 1.7.3, due missing nonce validation on the import functionality that makes it possible for attackers to trick site administrators into performing unwanted actions such as importing new post types containing malicious web scripts.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	custom-post-type-ui (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 1.7.4
Patched Version	1.7.4

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