14 Abuses: CSRF MAR 2021|Cross-Site Request Forgery MAR 2021

CSRF MAR 2021 – Cross-Site Request Forgery MAR 2021

Managed WordPress Security Report

Be informed about the latest Cross-Site Request Forgery MAR 2021, identified and reported publicly. As these CSRF MAR 2021 vulnerabilities have a severe negative impact on any WordPress Security, consider our FREE security AUDIT.

An estimated 781.000+ active WordPress installations are susceptible to this attack type, considering only the publicly available numbers. The estimated number can increase by 5-10% with premium versions as they are private purchases.

Furthermore, the initial estimation can triple if we consider the already patched versions BUT NOT UPDATED by owners, as the vulnerability remains active within their domain. As these owners start changing their hosting provider (due to constant unexplained issues), they actively migrate these vulnerabilities behind protected areas, possibly exposing other clean WP to different attack types.

It is a whopping 250% increase compared to December 2020. We compare last month versus previous winter holiday season, which has the biggest shopping traffic and attack spike throughout the year. Read more about our previous report here: 13 Abuses: CSRF FEB 2021|Cross-Site Request Forgery FEB 2021 and 4 CSRF – Cross-Site Request Forgery – WordPress Security DEC. The following cases made headlines just last month in the CSRF MAR 2021 category:

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• Database Backups <= 1.2.2.6 - CSRF to Backup Download
  • No known fix – plugin closed

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• Facebook for WordPress 3.0.0-3.0.3 – CSRF to Stored XSS and Settings Deletion
  • This plugin will install a Facebook Pixel for your page so you can capture the actions people take when they interact with your page, such as Lead, ViewContent, AddToCart, InitiateCheckout and Purchase events. Active installations: 500,000+

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• Forminator – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder CSRF Nonce Bypasses
  • Not your typical form-making plugin. Forminator is the easy-to-use WordPress form builder plugin for every website and situation. It’s the easiest way to create any form – contact form, order form, payment form, email form, feedback widgets, interactive polls with real-time results, buzzfeed-style “no wrong answer” quizzes, service estimators, and registration forms with payment options including PayPal and Stripe. Active installations: 100,000+

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• Dokan – Best WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution CSRF Nonce Bypasses
  • Dokan is the best front end multi-vendor marketplace on WordPress, powered by WooCommerce. It helps you to build your own marketplace similar to Amazon, Shopify, eBay, Magento like marketplaces in under 30 minutes. Active installations: 60,000+

 

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• Defender Security – Malware Scanner, Login Security & Firewall CSRF Nonce Bypasses
  • Defender adds the best in WordPress security plugin to your website with just a few clicks. Stop brute force attacks, SQL injections, cross-site scripting XSS, and other WordPress vulnerabilities and hacks with Defender malware scans, antivirus scans, IP blocking, firewall, activity log, security log, and two-factor authentication login security. Active installations: 50,000+

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• Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce CSRF Nonce Bypasses
  • With the average shopping cart abandonment rate as high as 70%, Abandoned Cart Plugin helps you recover those carts from your WooCommerce shop. Active installations: 30,000+

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• Style Kits – Advanced Theme Styles for Elementor CSRF Nonce Bypasses
  • Style Kits extends the flexibility of Elementor Theme Styles and introduces the first library of Theme-Style-ready template kits and blocks. Active installations: 10,000+

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• WP ERP – Complete WordPress Business Manager with HR, CRM & Accounting Systems for Small Businesses CSRF Nonce Bypasses
  • Get a unique interactive experience of managing your business independently with the most reliable information Storage & system of record on WordPress. WP ERP is the first full-fledged ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system through which you can simultaneously manage your WordPress site and business from a single platform. Active installations: 10,000+

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• WP Project Manager – Project, Task Management & Team Collaboration Software CSRF Nonce Bypasses
  • Being one of the most advanced project management and task management tools for WordPress, WP Project Manager comes with some of the exceptional features that turn your project management experience of your teammates a joyful ride. Super-charge your productivity creating, organizing and assigning tasks within a few clicks. Active installations: 10,000+

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• WP Travel – Best Travel Booking WordPress Plugin, Tour Management Engine
  CSRF Nonce Bypasses
  • WP Travel is a free powerful travel engine for making customized travel agency or tour operator websites on WordPress in minutes! With this SEO-friendly & scalable WordPress travel engine, you can create customized itineraries & travel packages on the fly. Powered with advanced modules, this plugin helps you save hours of development. Compatible with some of the best travel agency WordPress themes, this is the ultimate travel engine for travel and tour management WordPress websites. Active installations: 6,000+

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• Patreon WordPress < 1.7.0 - CSRF to Disconnect Sites From Patreon
  • Connect your WordPress site and your Patreon to increase your patrons and pledges! Active installations: 5,000+

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• Patreon WordPress < 1.7.0 - CSRF to Overwrite/Create User Meta
  • Connect your WordPress site and your Patreon to increase your patrons and pledges! Active installations: 5,000+

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• VM Backups <= 1.0 - CSRF to Database Backup Download
  • No known fix – plugin closed

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• WooCommerce Customers Manager < 26.6 - Arbitrary Account Creation/Update via CSRF
  • WCCM expands your WooCommerce installation allowing you to easily retrieve all customers stats, personal data, import, export, guest conversion, etc… and many more features! Active installations: Not piblic info

BRIEF: Cross-Site Request Forgery MAR 2021 is a type of malicious exploit of a website where unauthorised commands are submitted from a user that the web application trusts. Cross-site request forgery is also known as one-click attack, session riding, CSRF, XSRF, Sea Surf, Session Riding, Cross-Site Reference Forgery, or Hostile Linking.

What is Cross-Site Request Forgery MAR 2021?

Cross-site request forgery (also known as CSRF) is a web security vulnerability that allows an attacker to induce users to perform actions that they do not intend to perform. It allows an attacker to partly circumvent the same-origin policy, which is designed to prevent different websites from interfering with each other. Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) is an attack that forces an end user to execute unwanted actions on a web application in which they’re currently authenticated.

With a little help of social engineering (such as sending a link via email or chat), an attacker may trick the users of a web application into executing actions of the attacker’s choosing. If the victim is a normal user, a successful CSRF attack can force the user to perform state-changing requests like transferring funds, changing their email address, and so forth. If the victim is an administrative account, CSRF can compromise the entire web application.

What is the impact of a CSRF MAR 2021 attack?

In a successful CSRF attack, the attacker causes the victim user to act unintentionally. Example: this might be to change the email address on their account, to change their password, or to make a funds transfer. Depending on the nature of the action, the attacker might be able to gain full control over the user’s account. If the compromised user has a privileged role within the application, then the attacker might be able to take full control of all the application’s data and functionality.

 

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