CVE-2014-4163 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Remote attackers can hijack administrator sessions to modify comment statuses in the Featured Comments WordPress plugin via CSRF.
- 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-2014-4163?
CVE-2014-4163 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Jun 2014. 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
Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Featured Comments plugin 1.2.1 for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that change the (1) buried or (2) featured status of a comment via a request to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-4163?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Featured Comments Plugin Project Featured Comments.
How do I fix CVE-2014-4163?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-4163 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2014-4163 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2014-4163 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rrw6-j952-j99m.