CVE-2015-10116 Cross-site request forgery in Favicon Plugin

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Attackers can trick authenticated users into performing unauthorized favicon installation actions via cross-site request forgery.

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-2015-10116?

CVE-2015-10116 is a medium-severity vulnerability in RealFaviconGenerator Favicon Plugin, published on 6 Jun 2023. 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

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in RealFaviconGenerator Favicon Plugin up to 1.2.12 on WordPress. This affects the function install_new_favicon of the file admin/class-favicon-by-realfavicongenerator-admin.php. The manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Upgrading to version 1.2.13 is able to address this issue. The identifier of the patch is 949a1ae7216216350458844f50a72f100b56d4e7. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-230661 was assigned to this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-10116?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Realfavicongenerator Favicon by Realfavicongenerator.

How do I fix CVE-2015-10116?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-10116 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2015-10116 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-10116 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-f4hj-3p7w-26gm.

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