CVE-2021-4408

CVSS 3.1 Score 9.8 of 10 (high)

Details

Published Jul 12, 2023
Updated: Nov 7, 2023
CWE ID 89

Summary

CVE-2021-4408 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting the DW Question & Answer plugin for WordPress. Versions up to and including 1.5.8 are susceptible to this issue. The root cause is the lack of proper nonce validation in the update_answer() function, leading to unauthenticated attackers being able to manipulate answer contents. By tricking a site administrator into executing a malicious action, such as clicking on a specially crafted link, attackers can exploit this vulnerability and make unwanted changes to answers on affected websites.

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