The FAQs Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the inic_faq_settings function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to arbitrarily change plugin settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
This vulnerability is a high severity with CVSS 8.8 Cross-Site Request Forgery issue affecting the Plugin FAQs Manager. It affects Versions up to 1.0 and is listed without a confirmed patched release.
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the tracked vulnerability is tracked for the Plugin FAQs Manager as high severity with CVSS 8.8. The affected range is Versions up to 1.0. No fixed release is listed in this feed entry, so operators should monitor the vendor and reference links before accepting the risk.
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No patched version is listed, so the record is useful mainly for monitoring and risk acceptance decisions.
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| Software Type | Plugin |
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| Software Slug |
faqs-manager
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | No linked CVE entry. |
| Patched Versions |
No patched versions published.
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 1.0
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