CVE-2023-45650: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in the Fla-shop.Com HTML5 Maps WordPress plugin affecting versions 1.7.1.4 and earlier. The vulnerability was reported on April 17, 2023, by security researcher Mika and was officially published on October 12, 2023, receiving the identifier CVE-2023-45650 (Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH) by NIST with a vector string of 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 CVSS score of 4.3 (MEDIUM) with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) (NVD).

The vulnerability could allow malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The attack can be initiated by unauthenticated users, potentially leading to unauthorized actions being performed on behalf of authenticated administrators (Patchstack).

The vulnerability requires no privileges for exploitation and can be triggered by unauthenticated users. However, it has been classified as having a low priority impact and is considered unlikely to be exploited (Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.7.1.5 of the HTML5 Maps plugin. Users are advised to update to version 1.7.1.5 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users have the option to enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).