Most And Least Read Posts Widget <= 2.5.18 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via most_and_least_read_posts_options

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2024-49628
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published October 18, 2024
Last Updated October 23, 2024
Description

The Most And Least Read Posts Widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.5.18. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the most_and_least_read_posts_options function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update plugin options via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug most-and-least-read-posts-widget (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.5.18
Patched Version
  • 2.5.19
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