CVE-2021-4333 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The WP Statistics plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 13.1.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the view() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to activate and deactivate arbitrary plugins, via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Veronalabs	Wp Statistics

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:veronalabs:wp_statistics:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2626597%40wp-statistics&new=2626597%40wp-statistics&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/215937d9-739b-4198-b375-6d171bbac64a

History

Mon, 13 Jan 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2023-03-07T14:53:37.979Z

Updated: 2025-01-13T17:00:58.237Z

Reserved: 2023-03-07T14:53:33.071Z

Link: CVE-2021-4333

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:23:10.456Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-07T15:15:10.760

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:37:26.517

Link: CVE-2021-4333

Redhat

No data.

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