PT-2023-32157 · WordPress · Thumbnail Slider With Lightbox

Ala Arfaoui · Published 2023-10-12 · Updated 2023-10-17 · CVE-2023-5531

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 Thumbnail Slider With Lightbox plugin for WordPress versions up to and including 1.0

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

Recommendations For versions up to and including 1.0, update to a version that includes proper nonce validation to prevent Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the delete functionality to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-5531

Affected Products

Thumbnail Slider With Lightbox

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5531 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5531 · Vendor Advisory
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=1263536%40wp-responsive-slider-with-lightbox&new=1263536%40wp-responsive-slider-with-lightbox&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Patch
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/055b7ed5-268a-485e-ac7d-8082dc9fb2ad?source=cve · Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-responsive-slider-with-lightbox · Note