CVE-2023-47671
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in Gopi Ramasamy's Vertical scroll recent WordPress plugin, affecting versions up to 14.0. The vulnerability was disclosed on November 8, 2023, and was assigned identifier CVE-2023-47671 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery). It received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH) from NIST with vector string 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 5.4 (MEDIUM) with vector string 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 a malicious actor to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The attack requires user interaction but does not require authentication to exploit (Patchstack).

Exploitability

The vulnerability is considered to have low complexity and requires no privileges to exploit, though it does require user interaction. It can be accessed through the network vector (NVD).

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 severity impact and is unlikely to be exploited (Patchstack).

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