WordPress Count Per Day Plugin 'counter.php' Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	58598
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Mar 19 2013 12:00AM
Updated:	Mar 19 2013 12:00AM
Credit:	m3tamantra
Vulnerable:	WordPress Count per Day 3.2.5
Not Vulnerable:

WordPress Count Per Day Plugin 'counter.php' Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

The Count Per Day plugin for WordPress is prone to a cross-site request-forgery vulnerability because the application fails to properly validate HTTP requests.

Exploiting this issue may allow a remote attacker to perform certain unauthorized actions and gain access to the affected application. Other attacks are also possible.

Count Per Day 3.2.5 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

WordPress Count Per Day Plugin 'counter.php' Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to follow a malicious URI.

The following example request is available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/58598.rb

WordPress Count Per Day Plugin 'counter.php' Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently, we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

WordPress Count Per Day Plugin 'counter.php' Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

References:

• WordPress Count per Day Plugin Homepage (WordPress)