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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-44232
CVE-2023-44232:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in the Huseyin Berberoglu WP Hide Pages WordPress plugin versions 1.0 and below. The vulnerability was reported on July 20, 2023, and publicly disclosed on September 29, 2023 (Patchstack Database).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery). It received varying CVSS v3.1 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) (NVD).
Impact
This vulnerability could allow malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The security issue has been assessed as having a low severity impact and is considered unlikely to be exploited (Patchstack Database).
Mitigation and workarounds
Currently, there is no official fix available for this vulnerability. Patchstack has indicated that a virtual patch is unnecessary due to the low severity of the issue (Patchstack Database).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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