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CVE-2023-23973: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was identified in the WordPress Contact Us Page – Contact People plugin versions 3.7.0 and below. The vulnerability was discovered on January 6, 2023, and was officially published on January 20, 2023, with the identifier CVE-2023-23973 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) and received a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a low severity impact. The security issue affects unauthenticated users and falls under the OWASP Top 10 category A5: Broken Access Control (Patchstack).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. However, the specific impact is considered to have a low severity and is unlikely to be exploited (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 3.7.1 of the Contact Us Page – Contact People plugin. Users are advised to update to version 3.7.1 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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