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CVE-2023-47672:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in the Swashata WP Category Post List Widget WordPress plugin, affecting versions up to 2.0.3. The vulnerability was reported by LEE SE HYOUNG on April 30, 2023, and was publicly disclosed on November 8, 2023 (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2023-47672 and is classified as CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery). It received varying CVSS v3.1 scores: NIST assigned 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 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
The vulnerability could allow malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The severity impact is considered low and is unlikely to be exploited (Patchstack).
Mitigation and workarounds
Currently, there is no official fix available for this vulnerability. The issue affects versions up to and including 2.0.3 of the WP Category Post List Widget plugin (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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