Login URL change via nonce-less settings update
Published Jun 13, 2022 · Updated Aug 3, 2024
Cross-site request forgery in Some Web Media HC Custom WP-Admin URL 1.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to change the login URL. The admin-post.php handler accepts a custom_wpadmin_slug POST value and updates the setting without validating a CSRF nonce. Exploitation requires a logged-in administrator to submit the crafted request, after which the attacker-selected slug controls the site's login location.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site request forgery in Some Web Media HC Custom WP-Admin URL 1.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to change the login URL. The admin-post.php handler accepts a custom_wpadmin_slug POST value and updates the setting without validating a CSRF nonce. Exploitation requires a logged-in administrator to submit the crafted request, after which the attacker-selected slug controls the site's login location.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-1594
- Published
- Jun 13, 2022
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Vendor
- Some Web Media
- Product
- HC Custom WP-Admin URL
- Classifications
- CWE-352, T1204.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 13, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=1.4 <=1.4
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- WPScan cross-site request forgery HTML formproof of concept · demonstrated
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