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CVE-2023-44260: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in the Woocommerce ESTO plugin versions 2.23.1 and below for WordPress. The vulnerability was identified on September 27, 2023, by security researcher Nguyen Xuan Chien (Patchstack, WPScan).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from the plugin's lack of CSRF protection mechanisms when updating its settings. It has been assigned CVE-2023-44260 and is classified under CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery). The vulnerability received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (Medium) from Patchstack, while NIST assigned it a higher score of 8.8 (High) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (Patchstack, NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow attackers to force authenticated administrators to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication level. This could potentially lead to unauthorized changes in the plugin's settings (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 2.23.2 of the Woocommerce ESTO plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to remove the vulnerability (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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