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CVE-2023-40198:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability (CVE-2023-40198) affects the Antsanchez Easy Cookie Law WordPress plugin versions 3.1 and below. The vulnerability was discovered by Abdi Pranata and was published on August 11, 2023 (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (Medium) by NVD with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N, while Patchstack assessed it with a score of 5.4 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) (NVD).
Impact
This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The vulnerability has been classified as having a low to medium severity impact (Patchstack).
Mitigation and workarounds
Currently, there is no official fix available for this vulnerability. The security issue has been assessed as having a low severity impact and is considered unlikely to be exploited (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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