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High · 8.8 Public exploit CVE-2020-8417 EUVD-2020-29284GHSA-79v2-jw48-fw68

The Code Snippets plugin before 2.14.0 for WordPress allows CSRF because of the lack of a Referer check on the import menu.

Published Jan 28, 2020 · Updated Aug 4, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

The Code Snippets plugin before 2.14.0 for WordPress allows CSRF because of the lack of a Referer check on the import menu.

Public exploits

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GitHub 3 repositories

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