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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-3958
CVE-2023-3958:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The WP Remote Users Sync plugin for WordPress (CVE-2023-3958) contains a Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in versions up to and including 1.2.12. The vulnerability was discovered in the 'notifypingremote' AJAX function and affects authenticated users with subscriber-level permissions or higher (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.5 (HIGH) from Wordfence and 5.4 (MEDIUM) from NVD. The CVSS vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N according to NVD's assessment, indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, and required low privileges (NVD).
Impact
When exploited, this vulnerability allows authenticated attackers to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application. This capability can be leveraged to query and modify information from internal services (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability was partially addressed in version 1.2.12 and fully patched in version 1.2.13. Users are advised to update to the latest version to fully mitigate the vulnerability (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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