CVE-2023-26011

Read More Excerpt Link <= 1.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

mediumCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
4.3
CVSS Score
4.3
CVSS Score
medium
Severity
1.6.1
Patched in
336d
Time to patch

Description

The Read More Excerpt Link plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.5. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the read_more_excerpt_link_menu_options function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to invoke this function and change plugin settings 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<=1.6
PublishedFebruary 21, 2023
Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024
Affected pluginread-more-excerpt-link

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