Throws SPAM Away <= 3.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Comment Modification

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2022-1709
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published May 16, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Daniel Ruf
Description

The Throws SPAM Away WordPress plugin before 3.3.1 does not have CSRF checks in place when deleting comments (either all, spam, or pending), allowing attackers to make a logged in admin delete comments via a CSRF attack

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug throws-spam-away (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.3.1
Patched Version
  • 3.3.1
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