Powerkit < 2.5.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

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	January 11, 2022
Last Updated	January 22, 2024

Description

The Powerkit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.5.8 This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on an unknown function. Unauthenticated attackers may be able to conduct unspecified attacks (such as Cross-Site Scripting) via forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	powerkit (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 2.5.9
Patched Version	2.5.9

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