RULE(RULE ID:306854)

Rule General Information
Release Date: 2015-09-22
Rule Name: Wordpress Testimonials Plugin Cross-site Request Forgery Vulnerability -2 (CVE-2013-4240)
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Rule Protection Details
Description: Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the HMS Testimonials plugin before 2.0.11 for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) add new testimonials via the hms-testimonials-addnew page, (2) add new groups via the hms-testimonials-addnewgroup page, (3) change default settings via the hms-testimonials-settings page, (4) change advanced settings via the hms-testimonials-settings-advanced page, (5) change custom fields settings via the hms-testimonials-settings-fields page, or (6) change template settings via the hms-testimonials-templates-new page to wp-admin/admin.php.
Impact: An attacker can launch a cross-site request forgery in the context of the affected software. Arbitrary script transmitted from a user that the software trusts can be executed in a successful exploit attempt.
Affected OS: Windows, Mac OS
Reference: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Aug/96
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Aug/98
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/345
Solutions
Upgrade to version 1.6.2 to solve the problem.