Hot Linked Image Cacher <= 1.16 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2022-1765
CVSS Critical (9.6)
Publicly Published May 17, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Daniel Ruf
Description

The Hot Linked Image Cacher WordPress plugin through 1.16 is vulnerable to CSRF. This can be used to store / cache images from external domains on the server, which could lead to legal risks (due to copyright violations or licensing rules).

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug hot-linked-image-cacher (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 1.16
Patched Version
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