PT-2024-14970 · WordPress · The Simple Sitemap

Rafshanzani Suhada · Published 2024-06-14 · Updated 2024-06-17 · CVE-2023-6492

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 The Simple Sitemap – Create a Responsive HTML Sitemap plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 3.5.13

Description The issue is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation in the 'admin notices' hook found in class-settings.php. This allows unauthenticated attackers to reset the plugin options to a default state via a forged request if they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 3.5.13, update to a version later than 3.5.13 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the 'admin notices' hook in class-settings.php until a patch is available.

Fix

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-6492

Affected Products

The Simple Sitemap

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6492 · Security Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a228e60c-c91b-4a82-8b05-a0ffaed82524?source=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1801547380615008570 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3099425/simple-sitemap/trunk/lib/classes/plugin-admin-pages/class-settings.php · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/83227 · Telegram Post