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CVE-2022-38716: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in StylemixThemes Motors – Car Dealer, Classifieds & Listing WordPress plugin affecting versions 1.4.4 and below. The vulnerability was reported on October 25, 2022, and was publicly disclosed on April 19, 2023 (Patchstack Database).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2022-38716 and received varying CVSS v3.1 scores: a High severity score of 8.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) from NVD and a Medium severity score of 5.4 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L) from Patchstack. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) (NVD).

Impact

This vulnerability could allow malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The impact was assessed as low severity and unlikely to be exploited (Patchstack Database).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.4.5 of the plugin. Users are advised to update to version 1.4.5 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users can enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack Database).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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