CVE-2023-3977

Inisev Plugins (Various Versions) - Cross-Site Request Forgery on handle_installation function

mediumCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
4.3
CVSS Score
4.3
CVSS Score
medium
Severity
1.5.8
Patched in
180d
Time to patch

Description

Several plugins for WordPress by Inisev are vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery to unauthorized installation of plugins due to a missing nonce check on the handle_installation function that is called via the inisev_installation AJAX aciton in various versions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to install plugins from the limited list via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=1.5.7
PublishedJuly 27, 2023
Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024
Affected pluginenhanced-text-widget

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