Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in WordPress Loginizer (CVE-2017-12651)
Summary
Vulnerability in WordPress Loginizer (CVE-2017-12651). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Exploitable via Referer header.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) exists in the Blacklist and Whitelist IP Wizard in init.php in the Loginizer plugin before 1.3.6 for WordPress because the HTTP Referer header is not checked.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-12651 has been found in WordPress Loginizer.
Attackers can target a specific entry point like Referer header over the network to misuse the product.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 8.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "WordPress Loginizer CVE-2017-12651" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2017-12651 (WordPress Loginizer) — CWE-352 / CVSS v3 8.8
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated
Attack surface: Referer header
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
CSRF (CWE-352) exists in WordPress Loginizer. Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via Referer header without authentication.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of WordPress Loginizer. Attack surface: Referer header.
Severity: High (CVSS 8.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Loginizer' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'Loginizer' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
Loginizerを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- advisory blog.wpscans.com
- advisory sv.wordpress.org
- advisory wpvulndb.com