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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-47237
CVE-2023-47237:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in Martin Gibson Auto Publish for Google My Business WordPress plugin versions 3.7 and earlier. The vulnerability was assigned CVE-2023-47237 and was disclosed on November 7, 2023 (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) issue, which received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 HIGH (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). The vulnerability falls under the OWASP Top 10 category A5: Security Misconfiguration (Patchstack).
Impact
This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The severity is considered low despite the high CVSS score, as it is unlikely to be exploited (Patchstack).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in version 3.8 of the plugin. Users are advised to update to version 3.8 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users can enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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