CVE-2023-0086

JetWidgets for Elementor <= 1.0.12 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update

2023-01-04 00:00
Chloe Chamberland

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 1.0.13
Affected Plugin
JetWidgets For Elementor
Affected Version
<= 1.0.12
CVSS
5.4Medium
Weakness type
CWE-352 · Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE
CVE-2023-0086
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At a glance

CVE-2023-0086 is a medium-severity Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the JetWidgets For Elementor WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.0.12. It carries a CVSS score of 5.4 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 1.0.13; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed January 2023, reported by Chloe Chamberland.

Vulnerability Overview

The JetWidgets for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.0.12. This is due to missing nonce validation on the save() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to to modify the plugin's settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. This can be used to enable SVG uploads that could make Cross-Site Scripting possible.

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)

JetWidgets For Elementor <= 1.0.12 carries this weakness at save(), 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 JetWidgets For Elementor the fix is 1.0.13: builds <= 1.0.12 are affected, anything from 1.0.13 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 1.0.13, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to JetWidgets For Elementor: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: JetWidgets For Elementor 1.0.13 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Firewall
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0086https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8de3d3c7-bde2-4455-8d60-20307f0a53eehttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0086

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