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CVE-2023-25038: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in the 984.Ru For the visually impaired WordPress plugin versions 0.58 and below (CVE-2023-25038). The vulnerability was reported by Rio Darmawan on February 1, 2023, and was publicly disclosed on February 23, 2023 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) issue, which received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (Medium) from Patchstack, while NIST assigned a higher score of 8.8 (High) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The vulnerability 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. This could potentially lead to unauthorized changes to plugin settings (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

As of the disclosure, no official fix has been made available for this vulnerability. The security issue has been assessed as having a low severity impact and is considered unlikely to be exploited (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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