Settings reset via missing AJAX CSRF check
Published Jun 6, 2022 · Updated Aug 3, 2024
Cross-site request forgery in the 2code Discy WordPress theme before 5.2 allows remote attackers to reset site settings via an administrator. The discy_reset_options AJAX action accepts a state-changing request without checking a CSRF token and restores the theme's settings to their defaults. Exploitation requires a logged-in administrator to be induced to submit the crafted request, and the documented consequence is configuration loss.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site request forgery in the 2code Discy WordPress theme before 5.2 allows remote attackers to reset site settings via an administrator. The discy_reset_options AJAX action accepts a state-changing request without checking a CSRF token and restores the theme's settings to their defaults. Exploitation requires a logged-in administrator to be induced to submit the crafted request, and the documented consequence is configuration loss.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-1422
- Published
- Jun 6, 2022
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Vendor
- 2code
- Product
- Discy – Social Questions and Answers WordPress Theme
- Classifications
- CWE-352
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Jun 6, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=5.2 <5.2
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