Scratch & Win – Giveaways and Contests <= 2.7.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via reset_installation Function
Vulnerability Description
The Scratch & Win – Giveaways and Contests. Boost subscribers, traffic, repeat visits, referrals, sales and more plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.1. This is due to missing nonce validation on the reset_installation() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset the plugin’s installation 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:
- Peter Thaleikis
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7cbc157b-4f1b-4212-9e5c-dd10dd443df7?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/scratch-win-giveaways-for-website-facebook/tags/2.7.0/includes/swin-api.php
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/scratch-win-giveaways-for-website-facebook/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3212730/
Affected Vendor
akashmalik
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