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CVE-2023-51681: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in the Duplicator WordPress Migration & Backup Plugin, affecting versions through 1.5.7. The vulnerability was assigned CVE-2023-51681 and was publicly disclosed on December 27, 2023. The issue was discovered by researcher Rafie Muhammad (WPScan).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) issue, identified as CWE-352. The vulnerability received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows attackers to make logged-in administrators remove plugin options through a CSRF attack. This could potentially disrupt the plugin's functionality and affect backup and migration capabilities of WordPress installations (WPScan).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires user interaction and can be exploited when an authenticated administrator visits a malicious page while logged into the WordPress dashboard. The plugin lacks proper CSRF checks when removing certain options (WPScan).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.5.7.1 of the Duplicator plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the risk (WPScan).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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