PT-2017-18114 · WordPress · Whizz Plugin

Published 2017-04-24 · Updated 2017-04-28 · CVE-2017-8099

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WHIZZ plugin versions prior to 1.1.1 for WordPress

Description The issue allows attackers to perform actions such as deleting any WordPress users and changing the plugin's status via a GET request. This is due to a CSRF issue in the plugin.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.1.1, update to version 1.1.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-8099

Affected Products

Whizz Plugin

References · 4

• 🔥 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Apr/41 · Exploit
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/whizz/trunk/change_log.txt · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8099 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8099 · Vendor Advisory