What the vulnerability does
01Description
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Animesh Kumar Advanced Speed Increaser advanced-speed-increaser.This issue affects Advanced Speed Increaser: from n/a through <= 2.2.1.
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CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
What the vulnerability does
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Animesh Kumar Advanced Speed Increaser advanced-speed-increaser.This issue affects Advanced Speed Increaser: from n/a through <= 2.2.1.
Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms
Advanced Speed Increaser versions 2.2.1 and earlier are vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF). An attacker can craft a malicious webpage that, when visited by a site administrator, performs unwanted actions on the site without the admin's knowledge or consent. The vulnerability requires the admin to visit the attacker's page while logged into their site.
What an attacker can do
Perform unwanted actions on the site by tricking an admin into visiting a malicious webpage.
Potential impact on your site
Attackers can modify site settings or content if they trick administrators into clicking malicious links.
Conditions required to exploit
Site admin must visit attacker-controlled webpage while logged into WordPress.
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