CVE-2014-2550 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Remote attackers can hijack administrator sessions to enable comments via CSRF in the Disable Comments plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2014-2550?
CVE-2014-2550 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Mar 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Disable Comments plugin before 1.0.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that enable comments via a request to the disable_comments_settings page to wp-admin/options-general.php.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-2550?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Disable Comments Disable Comments Project.
How do I fix CVE-2014-2550?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-2550 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2014-2550 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-2550 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vh62-vh8j-762w.