cvelist/2021/4xxx/CVE-2021-4408.json

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        "ID": "CVE-2021-4408",
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                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "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."
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                "url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9852e499-f413-4218-9bac-6c2be62ecc32?source=cve",
                "refsource": "MISC",
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                "url": "https://blog.nintechnet.com/25-wordpress-plugins-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/",
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                "name": "https://blog.nintechnet.com/25-wordpress-plugins-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/"
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                "url": "https://blog.nintechnet.com/more-wordpress-plugins-and-themes-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/",
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                "name": "https://blog.nintechnet.com/more-wordpress-plugins-and-themes-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/"
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                "url": "https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-3/",
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                "url": "https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-2/",
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                "url": "https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-1/",
                "refsource": "MISC",
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                "url": "https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-5/",
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                "name": "https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-5/"
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                "url": "https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-4/",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-4/"
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            {
                "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dw-question-answer/trunk/inc/Handle.php#L138",
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    "credits": [
        {
            "lang": "en",
            "value": "Jerome Bruandet"
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