CVE-2016-20074
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CVE-2016-20074 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.3/10 on the CVSS scale. WordPress Lazy Content Slider Plugin 3.4 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to perform unauthorized actions by crafting malicious HTML forms. Attackers can trick authenticated administrators into submitting POST requests to the plugin settings page via lzcs_admin.php to modify plugin configuration parameters like lzcs_color and lzcs_count.. EPSS estimates a 0.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
WordPress Lazy Content Slider Plugin 3.4 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to perform unauthorized actions by crafting malicious HTML forms. Attackers can trick authenticated administrators into submitting POST requests to the plugin settings page via lzcs_admin.php to modify plugin configuration parameters like lzcs_color and lzcs_count.
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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- Status
- Deferred
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