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Yoast Duplicate Post through 4.6 Cross-Site Request Forgery via duplicate_post_dismiss_notice

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severity
medium
date
Affecting

  • Yoast Duplicate Post <= 4.6

CWE
  • CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVSS
5.1
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Credit
Scott Moore - VulnCheck
Description
Yoast Duplicate Post through 4.6 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability in the duplicate_post_dismiss_notice handler, which verifies no nonce or capability. Attackers can trick any authenticated user into sending a request that sets the duplicate_post_show_notice site option, suppressing admin notices network-wide.

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