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Rara One Click Demo ImportWordPress extension · Rarathemes

CVE-2022-29451

HIGH · 8.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2022-04-29
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 1.3.0 or later.
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95/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges

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) leading to Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in Rara One Click Demo Import plugin <= 1.2.9 on WordPress allows attackers to trick logged-in admin users into uploading dangerous files into /wp-content/uploads/ directory.

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

The Rara One Click Demo Import plugin <= 1.2.9 contains a CSRF vulnerability that allows attackers to forge requests and trick authenticated administrators into uploading arbitrary files to the /wp-content/uploads/ directory. This bypasses normal upload restrictions by exploiting the lack of anti-CSRF tokens in the upload functionality.

MitigationUpdate the Rara One Click Demo Import plugin to the latest version (1.2.10 or higher) which includes CSRF protection, or disable the plugin if not needed. Additionally, enforce SameSite cookies and implement anti-CSRF tokens in custom plugin code.

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
Rara One Click Demo ImportWordPress extension
Affected:< 1.3.0

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
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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. Verify plugin installation
    Check if the Rara One Click Demo Import plugin is installed in your WordPress site. In the WordPress admin dashboard, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'Rara One Click Demo Import' by Rarathemes. Alternatively, check if the directory /wp-content/plugins/rara-one-click-demo-import/ exists on your server.
    Affected if The plugin is installed and active on the WordPress site
  2. Identify installed version
    In the WordPress admin under Plugins > Installed Plugins, find the Rara One Click Demo Import plugin and note the version number displayed. Compare this version against the affected range of versions less than 1.3.0.
    Affected if The installed version is 1.2.9 or lower (any version below 1.3.0)
  3. Confirm demo import feature is accessible
    Log in as an administrator and navigate to the plugin's demo import page, typically found under Appearance > Import Demo Data or a similar menu item provided by the plugin. Verify the import functionality page loads and is accessible.
    Affected if The demo import feature is accessible and functional in the admin dashboard
  4. Check upload directory permissions
    Verify that the /wp-content/uploads/ directory is writable by the web server. This can be checked via file permissions on the server (typically 755 or 775 for the directory) or through hosting control panel file managers.
    Affected if The uploads directory is writable, allowing the plugin's upload function to write files

You are affected if the Rara One Click Demo Import plugin is installed with version 1.2.9 or lower and the demo import functionality is active and accessible to administrators.

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.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 1.3.0 or later
Fixed in 1.3.0
Interim mitigation

Update the Rara One Click Demo Import plugin to the latest version (1.2.10 or higher) which includes CSRF protection, or disable the plugin if not needed. Additionally, enforce SameSite cookies and implement anti-CSRF tokens in custom plugin code.

Recommended fix High confidence

1.3.0 or later

  1. Backup your WordPress site before making any changes
  2. Update the Rara One Click Demo Import plugin to version 1.3.0 or later through the WordPress admin dashboard under Plugins > Installed Plugins
  3. Alternatively, download the latest version from wordpress.org and upload it manually
  4. Verify the update was successfully applied by checking the plugin version in Plugins > Installed Plugins

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Fix this in Rara One Click Demo Import Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation3.0 h
  • Implementation2.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
10.0 hours of engineering $1,770
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