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CVE-2023-28696: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affects WordPress I Recommend This plugin versions through 3.9.0. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by researcher thiennv on October 6, 2022, and was publicly disclosed on March 22, 2023 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N. The issue is classified under CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) and affects the plugin's functionality that handles user requests (Patchstack).

Impact

This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The severity is considered low priority, but it still presents a security risk to affected installations (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 3.9.1 of the I Recommend This plugin. Users are advised to update to version 3.9.1 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users can enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins as an additional security measure (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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