CVE-2023-47688
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was identified in the Alexufo Youtube SpeedLoad WordPress plugin affecting versions 0.6.3 and below. The vulnerability was discovered by Nguyen Xuan Chien on July 19, 2023, and was publicly disclosed on November 9, 2023. This security issue has been assigned CVE-2023-47688 (Patchstack Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability 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 (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 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N). The vulnerability requires no authentication to exploit but does need user interaction (NVD Details).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The specific impact varies case by case, but it falls under the OWASP Top 10 category A5: Broken Access Control (Patchstack Advisory).

Mitigation and workarounds

As of the latest reports, no official fix is available for this vulnerability. The issue affects versions 0.6.3 and below of the Youtube SpeedLoad plugin (Patchstack Advisory).

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