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CVE-2023-28995:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in Keith Solomon Configurable Tag Cloud (CTC) WordPress plugin versions 5.2 and below. The vulnerability was reported on March 25, 2023, and published on March 30, 2023 (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 NVD 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 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 (NVD).
Impact
This 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 5.3 of the plugin. Users are advised to update to version 5.3 or later to remove the vulnerability. The software was noted as potentially abandoned as it had not been updated for over a year, and users should consider replacing it with an alternative solution (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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