CVE-2023-48772
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in Arul Prasad J's Prevent Landscape Rotation WordPress plugin, affecting versions up to 2.0. The vulnerability was reported on June 21, 2023, and publicly disclosed on November 28, 2023 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) issue, identified as CVE-2023-48772. It received varying CVSS scores: a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH) from NVD with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, and a score of 5.4 (MEDIUM) from Patchstack with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L. The vulnerability falls under the OWASP Top 10 category A5: Broken Access Control (Patchstack).

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

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 2.1 of the Prevent Landscape Rotation plugin. Users are advised to update to version 2.1 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users can enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).

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