PT-2023-16244 · WordPress · Social Warfare

Marco Wotschka · Published 2023-01-19 · Updated 2023-01-25 · CVE-2023-0403

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Social Warfare plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 4.4.0

Description The issue is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on several AJAX actions, making it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete post meta information and reset network access tokens. This can be achieved via forged requests if an attacker can trick a site administrator into performing an action, such as clicking on a link.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 4.4.0, update to a version that includes the fix for the missing or incorrect nonce validation on AJAX actions. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the AJAX actions that are vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-0403

Affected Products

Social Warfare

References · 6

• 🔥 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/social-warfare/trunk/lib/options/SWP_Options_Page.php?rev=2364155#L923 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0403 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-0403 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a36d1bb1-9446-4042-a1ec-08a3ffdcb744 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a36d1bb1-9446-4042-a1ec-08a3ffdcb744?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/42844 · Telegram Post