Published:2021/07/06  Last Updated:2021/07/06

JVN#91372527
WordPress Plugin "WPCS - WordPress Currency Switcher" vulnerable to cross-site request forgery

Overview

WordPress Plugin "WPCS – WordPress Currency Switcher" contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability.

Products Affected

  • WPCS – WordPress Currency Switcher 1.1.6 and earlier

Description

WordPress Plugin "WPCS – WordPress Currency Switcher" provided by realmag777 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability (CWE-352).

Impact

If a user views a malicious page while logged in to the affected system with an administrative privilege, unintended operations may be performed.

Solution

Update the plugin
Update the plugin according to the information provided by the developer.

References

JPCERT/CC Addendum

Vulnerability Analysis by JPCERT/CC

CVSS v3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Base Score: 4.3
Attack Vector(AV) Physical (P) Local (L) Adjacent (A) Network (N)
Attack Complexity(AC) High (H) Low (L)
Privileges Required(PR) High (H) Low (L) None (N)
User Interaction(UI) Required (R) None (N)
Scope(S) Unchanged (U) Changed (C)
Confidentiality Impact(C) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
Integrity Impact(I) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
Availability Impact(A) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
CVSS v2 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Base Score: 2.6
Access Vector(AV) Local (L) Adjacent Network (A) Network (N)
Access Complexity(AC) High (H) Medium (M) Low (L)
Authentication(Au) Multiple (M) Single (S) None (N)
Confidentiality Impact(C) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)
Integrity Impact(I) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)
Availability Impact(A) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)

Credit

Mizuki Takagi of Cryptography Laboratory,Department of Information and Communication Engineering,Tokyo Denki University reported and coordinated with the developer to fix this vulnerability.
After coordination was completed, this case was reported to IPA, and JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer for the publication under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.

Other Information

JPCERT Alert
JPCERT Reports
CERT Advisory
CPNI Advisory
TRnotes
CVE CVE-2021-20780
JVN iPedia JVNDB-2021-000062