Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-23719

CVE-2023-23719:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in the WordPress Premmerce plugin affecting versions 1.3.17 and below. The vulnerability was reported on January 11, 2023, and was assigned CVE-2023-23719. The issue was publicly disclosed on April 20, 2023, and was subsequently fixed in version 1.3.19 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) issue, identified as CWE-352. It received varying CVSS scores from different sources: NVD assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH) with vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, while Patchstack rated it at 5.4 (MEDIUM) with vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The attack requires user interaction but does not require authentication from the attacker's side (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in version 1.3.19 of the Premmerce plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users have the option to enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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