CVE-2023-45748
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in MailMunch MailChimp Forms by MailMunch WordPress plugin versions 3.1.4 and below. The vulnerability was reported on October 12, 2023, and was assigned the identifier CVE-2023-45748 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) issue, identified as CWE-352. It received varying CVSS scores from different sources: NIST assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 8.8 (HIGH) with vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, while Patchstack rated it at 4.3 (MEDIUM) with vector 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 specific impact varies case by case, but it has been classified as having a low severity impact and is considered unlikely to be exploited (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 3.1.5 of the MailChimp Forms by MailMunch plugin. Users are advised to update to version 3.1.5 or later to remove the vulnerability (Patchstack).

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