CVE-2023-4935
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The BEAR for WordPress plugin (CVE-2023-4935) contains a Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability in versions up to and including 1.1.3.3. The vulnerability was discovered in the create_profile function due to missing or incorrect nonce validation. This security issue was publicly disclosed on September 25, 2023, and affects the WooCommerce Bulk Editor and Products Manager Professional plugin (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 4.3 (Medium). The attack vector is characterized by CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N, indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and user interaction required. The vulnerability is tracked as CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) (Wordfence).

Impact

The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to create profiles through forged requests if they can successfully trick a site administrator into performing specific actions, such as clicking on a malicious link (NVD).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires user interaction for successful exploitation, specifically requiring an administrator to be tricked into performing certain actions. The attack can be executed remotely without requiring prior authentication (Wordfence).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should upgrade to a version newer than 1.1.3.3 of the BEAR for WordPress plugin to address this vulnerability. The fix includes proper implementation of nonce validation in the create_profile function (NVD).

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