CVE-2023-28495: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in the MyThemeShop WP Shortcode WordPress plugin, affecting versions 1.4.16 and below. The vulnerability was disclosed on March 16, 2023, and was assigned the identifier CVE-2023-28495 (Patchstack).

The vulnerability has received varying CVSS severity assessments. The NVD assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH) with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, while Patchstack rated it at 4.3 (MEDIUM) with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (NVD).

This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The impact severity is considered low to high, depending on the scoring system used (Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been patched in version 1.4.17 of the WP Shortcode plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to remove the vulnerability. For users of Patchstack, auto-update can be enabled for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).