CVE-2023-1068

Published Feb 27, 2023

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description: The Download Read More Excerpt Link plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.6.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the read_more_excerpt_link_menu_options() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update he plugin's settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Source: security@wordfence.com
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.3
Impact score: 1.4
Exploitability score: 2.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Severity: MEDIUM

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:read_more_excerpt_link_project:read_more_excerpt_link:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "603532AE-769A-4B06-853B-52E0BBE9D3C7",
            "versionEndIncluding": "1.6.0"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

Overview

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Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Configurations

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