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CVE-2023-40201: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in the FuturioWP Futurio Extra WordPress plugin, affecting versions 1.8.4 and earlier. The vulnerability was reported on January 5, 2023, and was assigned CVE-2023-40201. This security flaw could potentially allow attackers to activate arbitrary plugins on affected WordPress installations (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH) by NVD with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, while Patchstack assessed it with a score of 6.5 (MEDIUM) and vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication, specifically the activation of arbitrary plugins in WordPress installations (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.9.1 of the Futurio Extra plugin. Users are advised to update to version 1.9.1 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users have the option to enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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