CSRF in Disqus Comment System
CVE-2014-5346
Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Disqus Comment System plugin 2.77 for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) activate or (2) deactivate the plugin via the active parameter to wp-admin/edit-comments.php, (3) import comments via an import_comments action, or (4) export comments via an export_comments action to wp-admin/index.php.
Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.027 (85.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 85.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.027 · newest: 0.027 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Disqus Comment System — versions 2.77
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/46 (mailing-list)
- vexatioustendencies.com/csrf-in-disqus-wordpress-plugin-v2-77 (Exploit)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-5346?
- CVE-2014-5346 is a vulnerability in Disqus Comment System, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). Published 2014-08-19.
- Is CVE-2014-5346 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.