Animated Rotating Words <= 5.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via save_admin_options

2023-11-03 00:00

Abdi Pranata

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 5.5

Affected PluginSmartText Rotator – Add Motion to Your Words

Affected Version<= 5.4

CVSS4.3Medium

CVECVE-2023-47187

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Vulnerability Overview

The Animated Rotating Words (Interchanging Random Words in a Sentence) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 5.4. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the save_admin_options function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the plugin settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 5.5, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-47187 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/15b7008f-07fc-4f8a-b214-8ac0c4cf6d99

CVSS Vector

4.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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