Persistent XSS via CSRF in WP Meta and Date Remover

Persistent XSS via CSRF in WP Meta and Date Remover

During regular research audits for our Sucuri Firewall (WAF), we discovered a Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) leading to a persistent Cross Site Scripting vulnerability affecting 70,000+ users of the WP Meta and Date Remover plugin for WordPress.

Disclosure / Response Timeline:

  • April 30 – Initial contact attempt
  • May 07 – Patch is live

Are You at Risk?

This vulnerability requires some level of social engineering to be exploited.

Continue reading Persistent XSS via CSRF in WP Meta and Date Remover at Sucuri Blog.

Read more: Persistent XSS via CSRF in WP Meta and Date Remover

Story added 7. May 2019, content source with full text you can find at link above.