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CVE-2023-36685: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in Brainstorm Force US LLC's CartFlows Pro WordPress plugin, affecting versions up to 1.11.12. The vulnerability was reported on June 15, 2023, by Rafie Muhammad and was publicly disclosed on July 27, 2023 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) and received varying CVSS scores: a high severity score of 8.8 from NVD (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) and a medium severity score of 4.3 from Patchstack (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N). The issue stems from the plugin's lack of CSRF checks in certain areas (WPScan).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow attackers to make logged-in users perform unwanted actions through CSRF attacks. This security issue falls under the OWASP Top 10 category A5: Broken Access Control (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in CartFlows Pro version 1.11.13. Users are advised to update to this version or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users can enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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