CVE-2023-27606
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was identified in the WordPress WP Reroute Email plugin versions 1.4.6 and below. The vulnerability was discovered by researcher Mika and was publicly disclosed on April 14, 2023. This security issue affects the WP Reroute Email WordPress plugin and has been assigned the identifier CVE-2023-27606 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability has received varying CVSS severity assessments. The NVD assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH) with a vector string of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, while Patchstack rated it with a CVSS score of 5.4 (MEDIUM) with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L. 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. The impact severity is considered low to high, depending on the assessment source (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.4.8 of the WP Reroute Email plugin. Users are advised to update to version 1.4.8 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users can enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).

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