Corona Virus \(covid 19\) Banner \& Live DataWordPress extension · Orchestrated
CVE-2022-43469
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 · uneditedCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Orchestrated Corona Virus (COVID-19) Banner & Live Data plugin <= 1.7.0.6 versions.
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 confidenceCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Orchestrated Corona Virus (COVID-19) Banner & Live Data WordPress plugin versions 1.7.0.6 and below. An attacker can craft malicious links or pages that, when visited by an authenticated administrator, can cause the victim's browser to send unintended requests to the vulnerable plugin, potentially modifying settings or performing administrative actions without the user's consent.
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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
Corona Virus \(covid 19\) Banner \& Live DataWordPress extension
<= 1.7.0.6CVSS 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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify plugin is installedAccess WordPress admin dashboard, navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins, and look for 'Orchestrated Corona Virus (covid 19) Banner & Live Data' or similar naming. Alternatively, check the /wp-content/plugins/ directory for a folder containing 'covid' or 'corona' in the name.Affected if The plugin appears in the installed plugins list
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Check installed version numberIn the WordPress Plugins admin page, click on the plugin to view its details, or check the plugin's main PHP file for the 'Version' header in the plugin comment block. The version number is typically displayed in the plugins list.Affected if The version number is 1.7.0.6 or lower
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Confirm administrator access existsCSRF attacks require an authenticated administrator to trigger the malicious request. Verify if there are any administrator accounts with access to the WordPress dashboard.Affected if There is at least one active administrator account that can access the WordPress admin area
The environment is affected if the Orchestrated Corona Virus (covid 19) Banner & Live Data plugin is installed with version 1.7.0.6 or lower and an authenticated administrator can be lured into visiting a malicious page.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
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 dataUpdate the plugin to the latest version beyond 1.7.0.6 which should contain anti-CSRF protections such as nonce tokens in all state-changing forms and AJAX endpoints, and implement SameSite cookie attributes and proper referrer validation.
Fix this in Corona Virus \(covid 19\) Banner \& Live Data
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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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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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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