CVE-2023-6008
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The UserPro plugin for WordPress contains a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting versions up to and including 5.1.1. The vulnerability was disclosed on November 22, 2023 and assigned identifier CVE-2023-6008. The issue affects the UserPro plugin which provides user profile and community features for WordPress sites (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from missing or incorrect nonce validation on multiple functions within the plugin. This security weakness allows unauthenticated attackers to perform unauthorized actions related to user meta and plugin options. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (Medium) by NIST and 6.3 (Medium) by Wordfence, indicating moderate severity (NVD).

Impact

If exploited, this vulnerability enables unauthenticated attackers to add, modify, or delete user meta information and plugin options without proper authorization. This could potentially lead to unauthorized changes to user profiles and plugin settings (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Website administrators running affected versions of the UserPro plugin should update to a version newer than 5.1.1 if available. As this is a CSRF vulnerability, implementing proper nonce validation on all form submissions and sensitive actions is recommended as a general security practice (NVD).

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