CVE-2023-1028

The WP Meta SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 4.5.3. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the setIgnore function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update plugin options via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

CVSS v3.0 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2870465/wp-meta-seo/trunk?contextall=1&old=2869205&old_path=%2Fwp-meta-seo%2Ftrunk#file2	Patch
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6b978749-7ea5-45f4-9f69-66a19c0e39ca	Broken Link
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2870465/wp-meta-seo/tags/4.5.4/inc/class.metaseo-admin.php	Patch

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:joomunited:wp_meta_seo:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

Information

Published : 2023-02-28 05:15

Updated : 2023-03-06 11:48

NVD link : CVE-2023-1028

Mitre link : CVE-2023-1028

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-352

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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Products Affected

joomunited

wp_meta_seo

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