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CVE-2023-35096: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in the myCred WordPress plugin versions 2.5 and below. The vulnerability was identified and disclosed on June 15, 2023, with a fix released in version 2.5.1 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2023-35096 and received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 HIGH (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) according to NVD, while Patchstack assessed it with a CVSS score of 5.4 MEDIUM. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) (NVD).

Impact

This vulnerability could allow malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The attack can be performed by unauthenticated users, potentially leading to unauthorized actions being performed on behalf of authenticated users (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users are advised to update to myCred plugin version 2.5.1 or later to remediate this vulnerability. The security issue has been patched in this version, and updating is the recommended solution to remove the vulnerability (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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