Private Files <= 0.40 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Disable Protection

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	CVE-2022-1793
CVSS	High (8.8)
Publicly Published	May 23, 2022
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Daniel Ruf

Description

The Private Files WordPress plugin through 0.40 is missing CSRF check when disabling the protection, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin perform such action via a CSRF attack and make the blog public

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	private-files (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	No
Affected Version	<= 0.40
Patched Version

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