CVE-2023-46078
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was identified in the PluginEver WC Serial Numbers plugin for WordPress, affecting versions 1.6.3 and below. The vulnerability was discovered by Nguyen Thi Huyen Trang (Skalucy) and was disclosed on October 16, 2023. This security issue impacts the WordPress Serial Numbers for WooCommerce – License Manager plugin (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2023-46078 and is classified as CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery). It received varying CVSS scores, with the NVD assigning a 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 assessed it at 5.4 (MEDIUM) with vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The attack requires user interaction and can be initiated by unauthenticated users (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in version 1.6.4 of the plugin. Users are advised to update to version 1.6.4 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users have the option to enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).

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