MainWP Dashboard <= 4.6.0.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via posting_bulk
Vulnerability Description
The MainWP Dashboard – WordPress Manager for Multiple Websites Maintenance plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 4.6.0.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'posting_bulk' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary posts 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:
- Krzysztof Zając
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2c2d9569-a551-46f5-8581-464b9f35b71c?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mainwp/tags/4.6.0.1/pages/page-mainwp-post-page-handler.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3042125/mainwp/trunk/pages/page-mainwp-post-page-handler.php?old=3017011&old_path=mainwp/trunk/pages/page-mainwp-post-page-handler.php
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