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CVE-2023-23705: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in WordPress Books Gallery plugin versions 4.4.8 and below. The vulnerability was publicly disclosed on February 20, 2023, and was assigned CVE-2023-23705. The affected software is the WordPress Books Gallery plugin developed by HM Plugin (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from the plugin's lack of CSRF protection when updating its settings. The severity is rated with different CVSS scores: NIST rates it as HIGH with a base score of 8.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), while Patchstack assigns it a MEDIUM severity with a score of 4.3. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow attackers to make a logged-in administrator change plugin settings via a CSRF attack. This could potentially lead to unauthorized modifications of the plugin's configuration (WPScan).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 4.4.9 of the WordPress Books Gallery plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to remove the vulnerability (WPScan).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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