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CVE-2023-39159: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affects theDotstore Fraud Prevention For Woocommerce plugin versions 2.1.5 and earlier. The vulnerability was discovered on July 26, 2023, and was assigned CVE-2023-39159 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM) by NIST with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N, while Patchstack assigned a lower CVSS score of 4.3 (LOW) with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (NVD).

Impact

This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The specific impact varies case by case, but it primarily affects the integrity of the system (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in version 2.1.6 of the plugin. Users are recommended to update to version 2.1.6 or later to remove the vulnerability. The security issue has been assessed as having 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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