CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-4408
4.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-07-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-352
Description
The DW Question & Answer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.5.8. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the update_answer() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update answers to questions via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Affected configurations
• designwall dw question \& answer (<= 1.5.8)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery weakness
References
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/25-wordpress-plugins-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/ Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/more-wordpress-plugins-and-themes-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/ Not Applicable
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-1/ Not Applicable
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-2/ Not Applicable
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-3/ Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-4/ Not Applicable
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-5/ Not Applicable
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dw-question-answer/trunk/inc/Handle.php#L138 Patch
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9852e499-f413-4218-9bac-6c2be62ecc32?source=cve Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/25-wordpress-plugins-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/ Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/more-wordpress-plugins-and-themes-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/ Not Applicable
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-1/ Not Applicable
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-2/ Not Applicable
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-3/ Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-4/ Not Applicable
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-5/ Not Applicable
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dw-question-answer/trunk/inc/Handle.php#L138 Patch
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9852e499-f413-4218-9bac-6c2be62ecc32?source=cve Third Party Advisory