Taxonomy color modification via missing nonce check
Published Nov 17, 2021 · Updated Aug 3, 2024
Cross-site request forgery in Gesundheit Bewegt GmbH Colorful Categories before 2.0.15 allows remote attackers to change taxonomy colors. The update_color_options_array AJAX action accepts attacker-supplied termId, taxonomy, and color values without enforcing a nonce check. Exploitation requires a logged-in administrator or editor to load attacker-controlled content, and the bounded consequence is unauthorized modification of term color metadata.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site request forgery in Gesundheit Bewegt GmbH Colorful Categories before 2.0.15 allows remote attackers to change taxonomy colors. The update_color_options_array AJAX action accepts attacker-supplied termId, taxonomy, and color values without enforcing a nonce check. Exploitation requires a logged-in administrator or editor to load attacker-controlled content, and the bounded consequence is unauthorized modification of term color metadata.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-24802
- Published
- Nov 17, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Vendor
- Gesundheit Bewegt GmbH
- Product
- Colorful Categories
- Classifications
- CWE-352, T1204.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 17, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=2.0.15 <2.0.15
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- WPScan Colorful Categories CSRF proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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