full-disclosure - [FD] CSRF in JW Player for Flash & HTML5 Video 2.1.2 permits deletion of players (WordPress plugin)

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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 12:41:46 +0000
From: dxw Security <security@....com>
To: fulldisclosure@...lists.org
Subject: [FD] CSRF in JW Player for Flash & HTML5 Video 2.1.2 permits
	deletion of players (WordPress plugin)

Details
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Software: JW Player for Flash & HTML5 Video
Version: 2.1.2
Homepage: http://wordpress.org/plugins/jw-player-plugin-for-wordpress/
Advisory ID: dxw-1970-1201
CVE: Awaiting assignment
CVSS: 4.3 (Medium; AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Description
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CSRF in JW Player for Flash & HTML5 Video 2.1.2 permits deletion of players

Vulnerability
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An attacker can cause an admin user to remove players if they can convince them to visit an URL of their choice.

Proof of concept
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Log in as admin, create a new player, visit this URL (changing localhost, and changing player_id to the ID of the player you just created):
http://localhost/wp-admin/admin.php?page=jwp6_menu&player_id=1&action=delete

Mitigations
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Disable the plugin until a fix is available.

Disclosure policy
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dxw believes in responsible disclosure. Your attention is drawn to our disclosure policy: https://security.dxw.com/disclosure/

Please contact us on security@....com to acknowledge this report if you received it via a third party (for example, plugins@...dpress.org) as they generally cannot communicate with us on your behalf.

This vulnerability will be published if we do not receive a response to this report with 14 days.

Timeline
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2014-04-08: Discovered
2014-04-10: Reported
2014-06-10: Report not acknowledged, no fix announced. Published.

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Discovered by dxw:
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Tom Adams
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Discovered by dxw:
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Tom Adams
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Please visit security.dxw.com for more information.

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