WordPress Sentinel <= 1.0.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2011-5226
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published December 16, 2011
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Julio Potier
Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in wordpress_sentinel.php in the Sentinel plugin 1.0.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of an administrator for requests that trigger snapshots. The WordPress Sentinel plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.0.0. This is due to missing nonce validation on several functions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform administrative actions like modifying the plugin's settings 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 wordpress-sentinel (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.0.0
Patched Version
  • 1.0.1
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