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SentinelApplication · Trioniclabs

CVE-2011-5226

MEDIUM · 6.8 CVSS v2.0 Published 2012-10-25
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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77/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in wordpress_sentinel.php in the Sentinel plugin 1.0.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of an administrator for requests that trigger snapshots.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

CSRF vulnerability in wordpress_sentinel.php in the Sentinel plugin 1.0.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to trick authenticated administrators into unknowingly triggering snapshot actions, hijacking the administrator's session to perform unauthorized operations.

MitigationImplement WordPress nonce validation in the affected wordpress_sentinel.php file to verify request authenticity, or remove/disable the vulnerable plugin if no longer maintained.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
SentinelApplication
Affected:= 1.0.0

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
M
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Locate the Sentinel plugin in WordPress
    Check the wp-content/plugins/ directory for a folder named 'sentinel' or 'sentinel-wp' or similar naming patterns containing 'sentinel'
    Affected if The Sentinel plugin folder exists in the WordPress plugins directory
  2. Identify the installed version
    Read the main plugin file (often sentinel.php or similar) and look for the version comment/header, or check the plugin's readme.txt for the Version field
    Affected if The installed version is exactly 1.0.0
  3. Confirm vulnerable file exists
    Verify that wordpress_sentinel.php exists within the plugin directory
    Affected if The file wordpress_sentinel.php is present in the plugin folder
  4. Check if plugin is active
    In WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and check if Sentinel is activated, or query the wp_options table for active_plugins
    Affected if The Sentinel plugin is currently activated in WordPress

A user is affected if the Sentinel plugin version 1.0.0 is installed, the wordpress_sentinel.php file exists, and the plugin is actively running in their WordPress environment.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement WordPress nonce validation in the affected wordpress_sentinel.php file to verify request authenticity, or remove/disable the vulnerable plugin if no longer maintained.

Fix this in Sentinel Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation3.0 h
  • Implementation4.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
12.0 hours of engineering $2,130
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.

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