CVE-2023-51525
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in the WP Simple Booking Calendar WordPress plugin, affecting versions through 2.0.8.4. The vulnerability was reported on October 29, 2023, by security researcher Brandon Roldan and was officially published on December 27, 2023 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) issue, identified as CVE-2023-51525. It received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.3 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L. The vulnerability is categorized under CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) (NVD).

Impact

This vulnerability could potentially allow malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The severity is considered low, with a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating limited potential impact (Patchstack).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires no authentication to exploit, though it is considered unlikely to be exploited due to its low severity impact (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 2.0.8.5 of the WP Simple Booking Calendar plugin. Users are advised to update to version 2.0.8.5 or later to remove the vulnerability (Patchstack).

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