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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-4937
CVE-2023-4937:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The BEAR for WordPress plugin (versions up to 1.1.3.3) contains a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability identified as CVE-2023-4937. The vulnerability stems from missing or incorrect nonce validation in the woobebulkoperationsapplydefaultcombination function, which was discovered and reported by Marco Wotschka (Wordfence).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 4.3 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N. The security flaw is categorized as CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) and affects the woobebulkoperationsapplydefaultcombination function due to improper nonce validation (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to manipulate products in the WordPress installation if they can trick a site administrator into performing specific actions, such as clicking on a malicious link (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users are advised to update their BEAR for WordPress plugin to a version newer than 1.1.3.3, which contains the security fix (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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