# CVE-2014-6312: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Login Widget With Shortcode (login-sidebar-widget) plugin before 3.2.1 for WordPress

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2014-10-15 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Login Widget With Shortcode (login-sidebar-widget) plugin before 3.2.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the custom_style_afo parameter on the login_widget_afo page to wp-admin/options-general.php.

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## References

- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Sep/58
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34762
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/login-sidebar-widget/changelog
- https://security.dxw.com/advisories/csrfxss-vulnerablity-in-login-widget-with-shortcode-allows-unauthenticated-attackers-to-do-anything-an-admin-can-do
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/111757
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/111700
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34762

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