WordPress PawFriends - Pet Shop and Veterinary WordPress Theme tema <= 1.3 - Vulnerabilidad de Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

A successful CSRF attack could allow an attacker to perform actions as a logged-in user of the PawFriends WordPress theme. This could include modifying user profiles, creating or deleting content, or performing other administrative tasks depending on the user's privileges. The blast radius is limited to the scope of actions the affected user can perform within the WordPress site. While no immediate exploitation patterns are apparent, CSRF vulnerabilities are often exploited through phishing or malicious websites that trick users into clicking malicious links while logged into the vulnerable site.

Websites using the PawFriends - Pet Shop and Veterinary WordPress Theme, particularly those with users who have administrative privileges, are at risk. Shared hosting environments where multiple websites share the same server resources could also be affected if one site is running a vulnerable version of the theme.

• wordpress / composer / npm:

grep -r 'pawfriends_settings_url' /var/www/html/*

• wordpress / composer / npm:

wp plugin list | grep pawfriends

• wordpress / composer / npm:

wp plugin update pawfriends --all

1. 2026-01-22Disclosure

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1. Reservado2026-01-07
2. Publicada2026-01-22
3. Modificada2026-04-28
4. EPSS actualizado2026-03-23

The primary mitigation for CVE-2026-22382 is to upgrade to a patched version of the PawFriends WordPress theme when it becomes available. Until a patch is released, consider implementing additional security measures such as adding CSRF tokens to all sensitive forms and actions within the theme. Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) configured to detect and block CSRF attacks can also provide an additional layer of protection. Regularly review user roles and permissions to minimize the potential impact of a successful attack.