CVE-2014-5346 Cross-site request forgery in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can hijack administrator sessions to activate, deactivate, import, or export comments in the Disqus WordPress plugin.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2014-5346?

CVE-2014-5346 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Aug 2014. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Disqus Comment System plugin 2.77 for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) activate or (2) deactivate the plugin via the active parameter to wp-admin/edit-comments.php, (3) import comments via an import_comments action, or (4) export comments via an export_comments action to wp-admin/index.php.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-5346?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Disqus Disqus Comment System.

How do I fix CVE-2014-5346?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-5346 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2014-5346 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-5346 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-v97j-4wv3-rxhc.

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