Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessHost malicious page or link
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ExploitLure authenticated WordPress user
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ExecutionBrowser auto-submits forged request to plugin
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ImpactUnauthorized state-changing action performed
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V3 - Web Frontend Security Anti-CSRF tokens, SameSite cookies
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Initial Access The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires a victim who is authenticated to the WordPress site (the plugin's privileged context) to be tricked into visiting attacker-controlled content, so the forged request rides their existing session (UI:R in the CVSS vector). The attacker needs no account or privileges of their own (PR:N) but cannot act without that logged-in victim. The specific plugin feature, action, or endpoint affected is not described in the available sources; the description states only a generic CSRF through version 3.42. Impact is limited to integrity (I:L) with no confidentiality or availability effect, which further bounds what a successful attack can achieve. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-severity, low-priority issue rather than an urgent one. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N, base 4.3) describes a network-reachable CSRF that requires no attacker privileges but DOES require user interaction (UI:R) - a logged-in user must be tricked into triggering the forged request - and yields only limited integrity impact (I:L) with no confidentiality or availability effect. The vuln.today priority is 'this_month' (not act_now/emergency), consistent with the modest impact. KEV status is not present, so there is no confirmed active exploitation; EPSS is not provided in the input, so exploitation probability cannot be quantified. The sole reference is a Patchstack database advisory, not verified working exploit code, so no public exploit is identified. The reliance on UI:R plus only low integrity impact means real-world risk is bounded: this is a genuine but low-urgency fix, not a high-CVSS-but-overrated anomaly nor a critical one. No conflicting signals were detected between the vector and the description (both point to a classic CSRF). |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker crafts a malicious web page or link and lures a user who is authenticated to the WordPress admin into visiting it; the page silently submits a forged request to the Media Library Assistant plugin, performing a state-changing action in that user's session. Because the flaw is network-reachable with no attacker authentication but requires victim interaction, success depends on social engineering a logged-in victim. No verified public exploit code is identified at the time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 26, 2026
Cross-site request forgery in the WordPress plugin Media Library Assistant through version 3.42 lets an attacker induce a logged-in site user to submit a forged request in that user's existing session, producing low-integrity changes with no confidentiality or availability impact. This is a moderate-severity, low-priority issue rather than an urgent one: the attacker needs no account or privileges of their own but cannot succeed without a victim authenticated to WordPress who is tricked into visiting attacker-controlled content. No public exploit code or confirmed active exploitation (CISA KEV) was identified at time of analysis.
RemediationAI
The supplied data does not list a fixed version or a vendor-stated workaround. Monitor the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/media-library-assistant/vulnerability/wordpress-media-library-assistant-plugin-3-42-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve for the patched release, then upgrade Media Library Assistant from any version through 3.42 to that vendor-confirmed fixed version. Because the affected feature and trigger are not described, no specific endpoint-level or configuration-level mitigation can be derived from the available sources; sites that do not need the plugin can deactivate it to remove the vulnerable code path, accepting loss of its media library management functionality. Until a fix is confirmed, exploitation still depends on a logged-in user being tricked into visiting attacker-controlled content.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Media Library Assistant is a WordPress plugin identified by the CPE cpe:2.3:a:david_lingren:media_library_assistant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* and used for managing media library content. The flaw is classed as CWE-352, cross-site request forgery, which covers state-changing requests that are not adequately tied to the user's own intent; the available sources do not describe the specific plugin feature, action, endpoint, or exact validation gap involved. The CVSS vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N confirms a network-reachable issue requiring no attacker privileges, but exploitation depends on user interaction: a victim authenticated to the WordPress site must be lured into visiting attacker-controlled content so the forged request rides their existing session. Impact is bounded to low integrity, with no confidentiality or availability effect assessed.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Classic CSRF: no attacker auth (PR:N) but a logged-in victim must be lured to trigger the request (UI:R); only limited integrity impact, no confidentiality or availability effect.
Primary rating from Vendor (Patchstack).
CVSS VectorVendor: Patchstack
DescriptionCVE.org
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in David Lingren Media LIbrary Assistant media-library-assistant allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Media LIbrary Assistant: from n/a through 3.42.
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Attack Technique
Cross-Site Request Forgery exploits the automatic credential inclusion behavior of web browsers.
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