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CVE-2022-47138:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2022-47138 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting the German Krutov LOGIN AND REGISTRATION ATTEMPTS LIMIT WordPress plugin versions 2.1 and below. The vulnerability was discovered and reported on December 14, 2022, and was publicly disclosed on March 14, 2023 (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (Medium) by Patchstack, while the NVD assessment shows a higher CVSS score of 8.8 (High) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) (NVD).
Impact
This CSRF vulnerability could allow malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The attack requires user interaction and can be initiated by unauthenticated attackers (Patchstack).
Mitigation and workarounds
As of the latest reports, no official fix has been made available for this vulnerability. The issue affects versions 2.1 and below of the plugin, but no patched version has been released (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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