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CVE-2023-1623: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Custom Post Type UI WordPress plugin versions before 1.13.5 contained a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability identified as CVE-2023-1623. The vulnerability was discovered and publicly disclosed on April 3, 2023. The issue specifically affects the debug information sending functionality of the plugin, which lacks proper CSRF protection (WPScan).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery) issue, identified under CWE-352. It received a CVSS 3.1 score indicating low severity. The technical issue stems from improper CSRF protection mechanisms when handling debug information sending functionality to user-supplied email addresses (WPScan).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow attackers to force a logged-in administrator to send debug information to an arbitrary email address through a CSRF attack. This could potentially lead to unauthorized disclosure of sensitive debug information to unintended recipients (WPScan).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in version 1.13.5 of the Custom Post Type UI plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the security risk (WPScan, Trustwave).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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