CSRF in Disable Comments Project
CVE-2014-2550
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Disable Comments plugin before 1.0.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that enable comments via a request to the disable_comments_settings page to wp-admin/options-general.php.
Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)
EPSS: 0.016 (73.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Disable_comments Disable_comments_project
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Product, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-2550?
- CVE-2014-2550 is a high-severity vulnerability in Disable Comments Project, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-03-19.
- How severe is CVE-2014-2550?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2014-2550 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.