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CVE-2023-52120: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affects Basix NEX-Forms – Ultimate Form Builder – Contact forms and much more WordPress plugin through version 8.5.2. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by Brandon Roldan on October 31, 2023, and was publicly disclosed on December 28, 2023 (Patchstack Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-52120 and has received varying CVSS v3.1 severity ratings: NVD rates it as HIGH (8.8) with vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, while Patchstack rates it as MEDIUM (5.4) with vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) (NVD).

Impact

This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The attack can be performed by unauthenticated users (Patchstack Advisory).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 8.5.5 of the NEX-Forms plugin. Users are advised to update to version 8.5.5 or later to remove the vulnerability (Patchstack Advisory).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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