PT-2014-5551 · WordPress · Member Approval Plugin

Mallory Adams · Published 2014-06-11 · Updated 2014-06-12 · CVE-2014-3850

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Member Approval plugin 131109 for WordPress

Description A cross-site request forgery (CSRF) issue allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that change plugin settings to their default and disable registration approval via a request to "wp-admin/options-general.php".

Recommendations For Member Approval plugin 131109, consider disabling the plugin until a patch is available to prevent exploitation. Restrict access to the "wp-admin/options-general.php" endpoint to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-3850

Affected Products

Member Approval Plugin

References · 4

• 🔥 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jun/63 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://security.dxw.com/advisories/csrf-in-member-approval-131109-permits-unapproved-registrations · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3850 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3850 · Note