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CVE-2023-6984:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The PowerPack Addons for Elementor (Free Widgets, Extensions and Templates) plugin for WordPress contains a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting all versions up to and including 2.7.13. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on January 3, 2024 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from missing or incorrect nonce validation in the powerpack-lite-for-elementor/classes/class-pp-admin-settings.php file. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 4.3 (Medium) with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N according to NIST, while Wordfence assessed it with a score of 5.3 (Medium) with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to modify and reset plugin settings via a forged request, provided they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a malicious link (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should update to version 2.7.14 or later of the PowerPack Addons for Elementor plugin to address this vulnerability (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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