CVE-2023-1068 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Download Read More Excerpt Link plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.6.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the read_more_excerpt_link_menu_options() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update he plugin's settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Read More Excerpt Link Project	Read More Excerpt Link

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:read_more_excerpt_link_project:read_more_excerpt_link:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2871098/read-more-excerpt-link/trunk/read-more-excerpt-link.php
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0359434b-9d88-4a40-8e9f-ec354c8de816

History

Mon, 13 Jan 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2023-02-27T13:29:53.318Z

Updated: 2025-01-13T17:04:16.753Z

Reserved: 2023-02-27T13:28:49.110Z

Link: CVE-2023-1068

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:32:46.294Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-27T14:15:10.497

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:38:23.857

Link: CVE-2023-1068

Redhat

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