Cookies and Content Security Policy <= 2.15 - Sensitive Information Exposure

2023-08-18 00:00

Kévin Mosbahi (Mika)

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.16

Affected PluginCookies and Content Security Policy

Affected Version<= 2.15

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2023-40662

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Vulnerability Overview

The Cookies and Content Security Policy plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in versions up to, and including, 2.15 via the cacsp_texts function. This can allow unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including the administrator email address.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.16, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor) The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-40662 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/79e68c5b-1f1a-4af3-acf4-1a38f2d72424

CVSS Vector

5.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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