Vulnerability · Published Jul 12, 2023 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2021-4423RAYS Grid <= 1.2.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery Bypass
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site request forgery in RAYS Grid from it-rays. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 34% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The RAYS Grid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.2.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the rsgd_insert_update() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update post fields via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-352 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e5911815-db53-46f2-a16d-ed21be20bbfb?source=cve
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/25-wordpress-plugins-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/more-wordpress-plugins-and-themes-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-3/
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-2/
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-1/
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-5/
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-4/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2572600/rays-grid/trunk/includes/class-db.php