PT-2023-16701 · WordPress · Wp Meta Seo

Marco Wotschka · Published 2023-02-24 · Updated 2023-03-03 · CVE-2023-1029

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WP Meta SEO plugin for WordPress versions up to and including 4.5.3

Description The issue is related to Cross-Site Request Forgery due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the regenerateSitemaps function. This allows unauthenticated attackers to regenerate Sitemaps via a forged request if they can trick a site administrator into performing a specific action, such as clicking on a link.

Recommendations For WP Meta SEO plugin for WordPress versions up to and including 4.5.3, update to a version that includes the fix for the nonce validation issue in the regenerateSitemaps function. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the regenerateSitemaps function to prevent unauthenticated attackers from regenerating Sitemaps.

Fix

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-1029

Affected Products

Wp Meta Seo

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-1029 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1029 · Security Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/764aec73-f291-4372-9dde-812ffaf025ed?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2870465/wp-meta-seo/trunk?contextall=1&old=2869205&old_path=%2Fwp-meta-seo%2Ftrunk#file2 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/764aec73-f291-4372-9dde-812ffaf025ed · Note