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CVE-2023-46095: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in the Chetan Gole Smooth Scroll Links [SSL] WordPress plugin versions 1.1.0 and below. The vulnerability was reported on June 21, 2023, by researcher Skalucy and was officially published on October 17, 2023, with the identifier CVE-2023-46095 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability has received varying CVSS v3.1 severity ratings from different sources. The National Vulnerability Database (NVD) assigned 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 rated it as Medium severity with a score of 5.4. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) (NVD).

Impact

This 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 from a network vector with low attack complexity (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

As of the latest reports, no official fix is available for this vulnerability. The security issue has been assessed as having a low priority for virtual patching (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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