CVE-2021-4408

MEDIUM

DW Question & Answer <= 1.5.8 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via update_answer() Function

Title source: llm

Description

The DW Question & Answer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.5.8. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the update_answer() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update answers to questions via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

References (9)

Core 9

Core References

Third 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/

Not Applicable

https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-2/

Third Party Advisory

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/

Patch

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dw-question-answer/trunk/inc/Handle.php#L138

Third Party Advisory

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9852e499-f413-4218-9bac-6c2be62ecc32?source=cve

Scores

CVSS v3 4.3

EPSS 0.0034

EPSS Percentile 26.1%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-352

Status published

Products (2)

designwall/DW Question & Answer < 1.5.8

designwall/dw_question_\&_answer < 1.5.8

Published Jul 12, 2023

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026