CVE-2021-4400

The Better Search plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.5.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the bsearch_process_settings_import() and bsearch_process_settings_export() functions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to import and export settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

• CWE-352

• https://blog.nintechnet.com/25-wordpress-plugins-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/Not Applicable
• https://blog.nintechnet.com/more-wordpress-plugins-and-themes-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/Not Applicable
• https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-1/Third Party Advisory
• https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-2/Not Applicable
• https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-3/Not Applicable
• https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-4/Not Applicable
• https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-5/Not Applicable
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2473344%40better-search&new=2473344%40better-search&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=Patch
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7acbcf74-2bae-412b-bf9d-70287a91deea?source=cveThird Party Advisory
• https://blog.nintechnet.com/25-wordpress-plugins-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/Not Applicable
• https://blog.nintechnet.com/more-wordpress-plugins-and-themes-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/Not Applicable
• https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-1/Third Party Advisory
• https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-2/Not Applicable
• https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-3/Not Applicable
• https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-4/Not Applicable
• https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-5/Not Applicable
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2473344%40better-search&new=2473344%40better-search&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=Patch
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7acbcf74-2bae-412b-bf9d-70287a91deea?source=cveThird Party Advisory

Published

Jul 1, 2023

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified