PT-2023-12522 · WordPress · Qtranslate Slug

Jerome Bruandet · Published 2023-07-12 · Updated 2023-07-18 · CVE-2021-4410

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Qtranslate Slug plugin for WordPress versions up to and including 1.1.18

Description The issue is related to Cross-Site Request Forgery due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the save postdata() function. This allows unauthenticated attackers to save post data via a forged request if they can trick a site administrator into performing a specific action, such as clicking on a link.

Recommendations For Qtranslate Slug plugin for WordPress versions up to and including 1.1.18, update to a version that includes proper nonce validation for the save postdata() function to prevent Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the save postdata() function until a patch is available.

Fix

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-4410

Affected Products

Qtranslate Slug

References · 11

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/qtranslate-slug/trunk/includes/class-qtranslate-slug.php#L2099 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-4410 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-4410 · Vendor Advisory
• https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-1 · Note
• https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-2 · Note
• https://blog.nintechnet.com/more-wordpress-plugins-and-themes-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9d682596-c32d-4abd-ba39-b57fc45c9ce0?source=cve · Note
• https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-3 · Note
• https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-4 · Note
• https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-5 · Note
• https://blog.nintechnet.com/25-wordpress-plugins-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks · Note