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CVE-2023-25474:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in the WordPress About Me 3000 widget plugin versions 2.2.6 and below. The vulnerability was identified on March 3, 2023, and was assigned CVE-2023-25474 (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability has received varying CVSS severity scores, with the NVD assigning a Base Score of 8.8 HIGH (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), while Patchstack rated it as 4.3 MEDIUM (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N). The vulnerability is classified under CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) (NVD).
Impact
The CSRF vulnerability could allow malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The attack requires user interaction and can be initiated by unauthenticated users (Patchstack).
Mitigation and workarounds
As of the vulnerability disclosure, no official fix has been made available for this security issue. The vulnerability was initially reported on February 1, 2023, with an early warning sent to Patchstack customers on March 3, 2023 (Patchstack).
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Source: This report was generated using AI
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