Register for the AI for Security Summit: Join Figma, Perplexity & Wiz
Wiz
Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-51522

CVE-2023-51522: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2023-51522 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting Cozmoslabs Paid Member Subscriptions WordPress plugin versions up to and including 2.10.4. The vulnerability was discovered by Brandon James Roldan and publicly disclosed on December 27, 2023 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from missing or incorrect nonce validation on the ajax_add_log_entry function. The issue has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (Medium) by Patchstack, while NIST assigned it a score of 8.8 (High). The vulnerability is classified as CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) (WPScan).

Impact

This vulnerability makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify log entries via a forged request, provided they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link (WPScan).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires user interaction and can be exploited by crafting a malicious request that would be executed when an authenticated administrator clicks on a specially crafted link (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 2.10.5 of the Paid Member Subscriptions plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to remove the vulnerability (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

Related WordPress vulnerabilities:

CVE ID

Severity

Score

Technologies

Component name

CISA KEV exploit

Has fix

Published date

CVE-2026-85009MEDIUM6.5
  • restropress
NoNoSep 16, 2026
CVE-2026-85010MEDIUM5.3
  • restropress
NoYesSep 16, 2026
CVE-2026-86475MEDIUM5.3
  • appointment-hour-booking
NoYesSep 16, 2026
CVE-2026-84906MEDIUM5.3
  • wp-event-solution
NoYesSep 16, 2026
CVE-2026-16557MEDIUM4.3
  • nimble-builder
NoNoSep 16, 2026

Free Vulnerability Assessment

Benchmark your Cloud Security Posture

Evaluate your cloud security practices across 9 security domains to benchmark your risk level and identify gaps in your defenses.

Request assessment

Additional Wiz resources

Cloud Vulnerability DB

Cloud Vulnerability DB

A community-led vulnerabilities database

Cloud Threat Landscape

Cloud Threat Landscape

A threat intelligence database

PEACH

PEACH

A tenant isolation framework

Get a personalized demo

Ready to see Wiz in action?

"Best User Experience I have ever seen, provides full visibility to cloud workloads."
David EstlickCISO
"Wiz provides a single pane of glass to see what is going on in our cloud environments."
Adam FletcherChief Security Officer
"We know that if Wiz identifies something as critical, it actually is."
Greg PoniatowskiHead of Threat and Vulnerability Management
Get a demo