Simple File List <= 4.4.12 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Page Creation

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2022-3208
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published September 19, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Raad Haddad
Description

The Simple File List plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 4.4.12. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on its page creation function eeSFL_FREE_CreatePostwithShortcode(). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create new pages and manipulate their contents, via 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 simple-file-list (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 4.4.12
Patched Version
  • 4.4.13
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