Re: Cross-Site Request Forgery in WordPress Connection Information

[Summer of Pwnage <lists () securify nl>]

This issue is resolved in WordPress version 4.7.5.
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/05/wordpress-4-7-5/


On 21-04-17 00:29, Summer of Pwnage wrote:
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> Cross-Site Request Forgery in WordPress Connection Information
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> Yorick Koster, July 2016
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> Abstract
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> The FTP/SSH form functionality of WordPress was found to be vulnerable
> to Cross-Site Request Forgery. This vulnerability can be used to
> overwrite the FTP or SSH connection settings of the affected WordPress
> site. An attacker can use this issue to trick an Administrator into
> logging into the attacker's FTP or SSH server, disclosing his/her login
> credentials to the attacker. In order to exploit this vulnerability, the
> attacker has to lure/force a logged on WordPress Administrator into
> opening a malicious website.
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> OVE ID
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> OVE-20160717-0004
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> Tested versions
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> This issue was successfully tested on the WordPress version 4.5.3 up
> till and including version 4.7.4.
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> Fix
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> There is currently no fix available.
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> Details
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> https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/cross_site_request_forgery_in_wordpress_connection_information.html 
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> goal is to contribute to the security of popular, widely used OSS
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