PT-2018-17068 · WordPress · Read-And-Understood Plugin

Published 2018-01-13 · Updated 2018-01-23 · CVE-2018-5669

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: read-and-understood plugin version 2.1

Description: A security issue exists in the read-and-understood plugin for WordPress, where a CSRF vulnerability is present via the "wp-admin/options-general.php" API endpoint.

Recommendations: For read-and-understood plugin version 2.1, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, or as a temporary workaround, 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-2018-5669

Affected Products

Read-And-Understood Plugin

References · 3

• 🔥 https://github.com/d4wner/Vulnerabilities-Report/blob/master/read-and-understood.md · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5669 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-5669 · Vendor Advisory