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CVE-2023-27435:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in Sami Ahmed Siddiqui HTTP Auth WordPress plugin versions 0.3.2 and below. The vulnerability was reported on March 1, 2023, and was assigned CVE-2023-27435 (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery). It received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH) from NIST with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, while Patchstack assessed it with a CVSS score of 6.3 (MEDIUM) with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication (Patchstack).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.0.0 of the HTTP Auth plugin. Users are recommended to update to version 1.0.0 or later to remove the vulnerability (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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