CVE-2017-8099 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

There is CSRF in the WHIZZ plugin before 1.1.1 for WordPress, allowing attackers to delete any WordPress users and change the plugin's status via a GET request.

Published: 2017-04-24

Score: 8.1 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:browserweb_inc:whizz:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-17062	There is CSRF in the WHIZZ plugin before 1.1.1 for WordPress, allowing attackers to delete any WordPress users and change the plugin's status via a GET request.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00175.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Apr/41
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/whizz/trunk/change_log.txt

History

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Subscriptions

Browserweb Inc Whizz

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-04-24T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T00:35:48.678Z

Reserved: 2017-04-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-8099

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-04-24T18:59:00.693

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-8099

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-352

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