CVE-2021-34637 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00109.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Post Index Project	Post Index

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:post_index_project:post_index:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-21287	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.

Fixes

Solution

Uninstall plugin from WordPress site.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-index/trunk/php/settings.php#L86
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-34637

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2021-08-02T20:39:11.480689Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T03:32:58.195Z

Reserved: 2021-06-10T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-34637

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-08-02T21:15:08.660

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:10:51.863

Link: CVE-2021-34637

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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