AI Content Writing Assistant (Content Writer, ChatGPT, Image Generator) All in One <= 1.1.6 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.1.7
- Affected Plugin
- AI Content Writing Assistant
- Affected Version
<= 1.1.6- CVSS
- 4.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-352 · Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- CVE
CVE-2023-45063
At a glance
CVE-2023-45063 is a medium-severity Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the AI Content Writing Assistant WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.1.6. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 1.1.7; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed October 2023, reported by konagash.
Vulnerability Overview
The AI Content Writing Assistant (Content Writer, ChatGPT, Image Generator) All in One plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.1.6. This is due to incorrect nonce validation in the aiwa_checkNonce() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform unauthorized actions via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site.
CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
AI Content Writing Assistant <= 1.1.6 carries this weakness at aiwa_checkNonce(), and reaching it takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Cross-site request forgery abuses the fact that browsers attach a victim's cookies to any request, so a state-changing action that only checks who you are, not whether you meant to act, can be triggered from another site.
An attacker who gets a logged-in user to load a crafted page can perform that action as them, with the impact scaling to whatever the victim's role is allowed to do. For AI Content Writing Assistant the fix is 1.1.7: builds <= 1.1.6 are affected, anything from 1.1.7 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 1.1.7, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to AI Content Writing Assistant: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: AI Content Writing Assistant 1.1.7 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Firewall
- Alerts
External References
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