CVE-2023-45267
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in the IRivYou WordPress plugin versions 2.2.1 and below. The vulnerability was reported on February 28, 2023, and was publicly disclosed on October 6, 2023. The affected plugin is designed to import reviews from AliExpress and Amazon to WooCommerce (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2023-45267 and is classified as CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery). It received varying CVSS scores, with the NVD assigning a high severity score of 8.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), while Patchstack assessed it as medium severity with a score of 4.3 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N) (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The specific impact varies case by case, though Patchstack has classified this as a low-priority security issue that is unlikely to be exploited (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

As of the vulnerability disclosure, no official fix has been made available for this security issue. Given its low severity impact, virtual patching has been deemed unnecessary by Patchstack (Patchstack).

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