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CVE-2023-0554: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2023-0554 affects the Quick Restaurant Menu plugin for WordPress versions up to and including 2.0.2. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed in January 2023, specifically related to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) issues in the plugin's AJAX actions (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from missing or incorrect nonce validation on AJAX actions within the Quick Restaurant Menu plugin. This security flaw has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM) from NIST and 7.6 (HIGH) from Wordfence, with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to update menu items through forged requests, provided they can trick a site administrator into performing specific actions such as clicking on a malicious link (NVD).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires user interaction, specifically requiring an administrator to be tricked into performing certain actions. The attack can be executed remotely by an unauthenticated attacker (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should upgrade to version 2.1.0 or later of the Quick Restaurant Menu plugin, which contains the necessary security fixes (NVD).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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