WordPress Vulnerabilities
WordPress < 5.5.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) to Change Theme Background
Description
Erwan, a security researcher from the WPScan team, discovered and responsibly disclosed a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to change the background image of the theme. For a successful attack, a privileged authenticated WordPress user would need to visit a page the attack controls, for the CSRF attack to be executed.
Affects WordPress
References
CVE
Classification
Type
CSRF
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
ErwanLR from WPScan
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2020-10-29 (about 3 years ago)
Added
2020-10-31 (about 3 years ago)
Last Updated
2021-10-22 (about 2 years ago)