Vulnerability · Published Jun 6, 2022 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2022-1709Throws SPAM Away < 3.3.1 - Comment Deletion via CSRF

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site request forgery in Throws SPAM Away from Unknown. 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 38% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 62.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Unknown Throws SPAM Away 3.3.1 – before 3.3.1

Weakness: CWE-352

References