Vulnerability CVE-2021-4419


Published: 2023-07-12

Description:
The WP-Backgrounds Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.3. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the ino_save_data() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to save meta data via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Type:

CWE-352

(Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF))

 References:
https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-4/
https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-3/
https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-2/
https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-1/
https://blog.nintechnet.com/more-wordpress-plugins-and-themes-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/
https://blog.nintechnet.com/25-wordpress-plugins-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d7a05894-8f9d-442f-961c-2e80aa25c3db?source=cve
https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-5/
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-backgrounds-lite/trunk/inoplugs_background_plugin.php#L179

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