Waiting: One-click countdowns <= 0.6.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

2022-12-23 00:00

Marco Wotschka

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected PluginWaiting: One-click countdowns

Affected Version<= 0.6.2

CVSS6.3Medium

CVECVE-2023-4000

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Vulnerability Overview

The Waiting: One-click countdowns plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 0.6.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on its AJAX actions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create and delete countdowns, via forged request 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-2023-4000 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7ffba592-6d0d-408f-89fa-079066750b0a

CVSS Vector

6.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityLow

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