Administrator note overwrite via missing nonce validation
Published Oct 25, 2022 · Updated May 8, 2025
Cross-site request forgery in Iftekhar Bhuiyan AdminPad before 2.2 allows remote attackers to overwrite an administrator's dashboard note. The bsft_adminpad_form() handler accepts adminpad_content in a POST to /wp-admin/index.php without validating a WordPress nonce before saving it. Exploitation requires a logged-in administrator to submit a forged request, such as by visiting an attacker-controlled page, and changes only the plugin's stored note.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site request forgery in Iftekhar Bhuiyan AdminPad before 2.2 allows remote attackers to overwrite an administrator's dashboard note. The bsft_adminpad_form() handler accepts adminpad_content in a POST to /wp-admin/index.php without validating a WordPress nonce before saving it. Exploitation requires a logged-in administrator to submit a forged request, such as by visiting an attacker-controlled page, and changes only the plugin's stored note.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-2762
- Published
- Oct 25, 2022
- Updated
- May 8, 2025
- Vendor
- Iftekhar Bhuiyan
- Product
- AdminPad
- Classifications
- CWE-352
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 25, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 8, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=2.2 <2.2
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- WPScan forged note-update formproof of concept · validated
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