CVE-2023-34028

WOLF <= 1.0.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via create_profile

2023-05-29 00:00
thiennv

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 1.0.7.1
Affected Plugin
WOLF – WordPress Posts Bulk Editor and Manager Professional
Affected Version
<= 1.0.7
CVSS
4.3Medium
Weakness type
CWE-352 · Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE
CVE-2023-34028
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At a glance

CVE-2023-34028 is a medium-severity Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the WOLF WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.0.7. 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 1.0.7.1; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed May 2023, reported by thiennv.

Vulnerability Overview

The WOLF plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.0.7. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the create_profile function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create new profiles 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)

Reaching this weakness in WOLF <= 1.0.7 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 WOLF the fix is 1.0.7.1: builds <= 1.0.7 are affected, anything from 1.0.7.1 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 1.0.7.1, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to WOLF: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: WOLF 1.0.7.1 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Firewall
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-34028https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/98dffc17-ac45-4ccd-ae57-96b36bd02be3https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-34028

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