Secunia Security Advisory - Gabriel Quadros has discovered a vulnerability in the WP-reCAPTCHA plugin for WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site request forgery attacks.
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TITLE:
WordPress WP-reCAPTCHA Plugin Cross-Site Request Forgery
Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA43771
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RELEASE DATE:
2011-03-18
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DESCRIPTION:
Gabriel Quadros has discovered a vulnerability in the WP-reCAPTCHA
plugin for WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious people to
conduct cross-site request forgery attacks.
The application allows users to perform certain actions via HTTP
requests without performing proper validity checks to verify the
requests. This can be exploited to e.g. disable the captcha
verification for the registration form or conduct script insertion
attacks by tricking an administrator into visiting a malicious web
site while being logged-in to the application.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.9.8.2. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Do not browse untrusted web sites or follow untrusted links while
being logged-in to the application.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Gabriel Quadros, Conviso IT Security
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