Woody code snippets <= 2.3.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery Bypass

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2020-36759
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published September 16, 2020
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Jerome Bruandet
Description

The Woody code snippets plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.3.9. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the runActions() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to activate and deactivate snippets 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 insert-php (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.3.10
Patched Version
  • 2.3.10
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