CVE-2023-51402
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affects Brain Storm Force Ultimate Addons for WPBakery Page Builder through version 3.19.17. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by Rafie Muhammad, and was assigned CVE-2023-51402. The issue was publicly disclosed on December 26, 2023 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on an unknown function. It received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH) from NIST NVD and 4.3 (MEDIUM) from Patchstack. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (NVD, WPScan).

Impact

This vulnerability makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform unauthorized actions by tricking site administrators into performing specific actions, such as clicking on a malicious link. The exact impact of the vulnerability exploitation is not fully disclosed (WPScan).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in version 3.19.18 of the Ultimate Addons for WPBakery Page Builder plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to remove the vulnerability (WPScan).

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