Injection Guard <= 1.2.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via ig_update

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE Not available
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published May 11, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Description

The Injection Guard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery due to a missing nonce check on the ig_update functions in versions up to, and including, 1.2.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to make changes to IP block- and allowlists via a forged request granted they can trick an admin into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug injection-guard (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.2.1
Patched Version
  • 1.2.2
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