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CVE-2023-23974: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in the WordPress Quick Event Manager plugin versions 9.7.4 and below. The vulnerability was identified on January 5, 2023, and publicly disclosed on January 20, 2023. This security issue affects the Fullworks Quick Event Manager plugin and impacts all registration actions (Patchstack, NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) with a CVSS score of 5.4, indicating a medium severity level. The security flaw affects unauthenticated users and falls under the OWASP Top 10 category A5: Broken Access Control (Patchstack).

Impact

This vulnerability could enable malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The impact is considered to have low severity and is deemed unlikely to be exploited (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 9.7.5 of the Quick Event Manager plugin. Users are advised to update to version 9.7.5 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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