Vulnerability · Published Aug 2, 2021 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2021-34637Post Index <= 0.7.5 Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity cross-site request forgery in Post Index from iTux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 53% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 46.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Post Index WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery via the OptionsPage function found in the ~/php/settings.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 0.7.5.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
iTux Post Index 0.7.5 – through 0.7.5

Weakness: CWE-352 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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