Autotitle for WordPress <= 1.0.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update and Stored Cross-Site Scripting

2024-01-02 00:00

Daniel Ruf

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected PluginAutotitle for WordPress

Affected Version<= 1.0.3

CVSS6.1Medium

CVECVE-2023-6946

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Vulnerability Overview

The Autotitle for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.3. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on an unknown function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform a settings update, and subsequently inject arbitrary web scripts, granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement. --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)) The web application does not, or cannot, sufficiently verify whether a request was intentionally provided by the user who sent the request, which could have originated from an unauthorized actor.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6946 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/062d906d-5a6e-4180-a2f2-18411334b9a1

CVSS Vector

6.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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