Arbitrary settings update via CSRF
Published Jun 6, 2022 · Updated Aug 3, 2024
Cross-site request forgery in LiveSync for WordPress through 1.0 allows remote attackers to alter settings through a logged-in administrator's browser. The settings handlers accept POST requests without a WordPress CSRF nonce, including hostname, temporary directory, database, and credential fields. Exploitation requires the administrator to be authenticated and visit attacker-controlled content; the resulting integrity impact is arbitrary configuration modification.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site request forgery in LiveSync for WordPress through 1.0 allows remote attackers to alter settings through a logged-in administrator's browser. The settings handlers accept POST requests without a WordPress CSRF nonce, including hostname, temporary directory, database, and credential fields. Exploitation requires the administrator to be authenticated and visit attacker-controlled content; the resulting integrity impact is arbitrary configuration modification.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-1712
- Published
- Jun 6, 2022
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Vendor
- WordPress.org
- Product
- LiveSync for WordPress
- Classifications
- CWE-352, T1189
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 6, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=1.0 <=1.0
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Attacks
What attackers are doing with it
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Public exploit references
- WPScan proof-of-concept cross-site formsproof of concept · demonstrated
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Reported exploitation
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog entryknown exploited catalog
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