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CVE-2023-29440: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in the PressTigers Simple Job Board WordPress plugin, affecting versions up to and including 2.10.3. The vulnerability was initially reported on January 5, 2023, and publicly disclosed on April 7, 2023 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 HIGH (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). The vulnerability exists in the plugin's settings section, specifically related to the sjbsavesettings_section functionality (NVD).

Impact

This vulnerability could allow malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The severity is rated as HIGH according to the CVSS scoring system, indicating significant potential impact on the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in version 2.10.4 of the Simple Job Board plugin. Users are advised to update to version 2.10.4 or later to remove the vulnerability. The security issue is considered to have a low severity impact and is unlikely to be exploited (Patchstack).

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Source: This report was generated using AI

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