CVE-2023-49153
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in the WordPress plugin 'Add to Cart Text Changer and Customize Button, Add Custom Icon' affecting versions up to 2.0. The vulnerability was reported on September 29, 2023, by researcher Nguyen Thi Huyen Trang (Skalucy) and was publicly disclosed on November 28, 2023 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2023-49153 and is classified as CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery). It received varying CVSS scores, with NIST assigning a high severity score of 8.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) while Patchstack assessed it as medium severity with a score of 4.3 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N) (NVD).

Impact

The CSRF vulnerability could allow malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The software is considered abandoned as it hasn't been updated for over a year, increasing the potential security risks for users (Patchstack).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires no authentication to exploit, though it does require user interaction. The attack vector is network-accessible (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L) (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users are advised to update to version 2.1 or later of the plugin to remove the vulnerability. Given that the software appears to be abandoned, users should urgently consider replacing it with an alternative solution (Patchstack).

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