HQ Rental Software <= 1.5.29 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary Options Update
Vulnerability Description
The HQ Rental Software plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.29. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the displaySettingsPage() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update arbitrary options that can be leveraged for privilege escalation via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- vgo0
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2e9142b2-2935-4644-8c56-00789948202b?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hq-rental-software/tags/1.5.29/includes/settings/HQRentalsAdminSettings.php#L74
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hq-rental-software/tags/1.5.29/includes/settings/HQRentalsSettings.php#L489
Affected Vendor
caagsoftware
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