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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-25463
CVE-2023-25463:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in Gopi Ramasamy's WP tell a friend popup form WordPress plugin versions 7.1 and below. The vulnerability was reported on February 1, 2023, and was publicly disclosed on July 26, 2023 (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2023-25463 and received varying CVSS v3.1 scores: NIST assessed 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 rated it as MEDIUM with a score of 5.4. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability could allow malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication (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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