CVE-2023-2279 Information

Description

The WP Directory Kit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to and including 1.2.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the ‘admin_page_display’ function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete or change plugin settings import demo data modify or delete Directory Kit related posts and terms via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. Partial patches were made avilable in versions 1.2.0 and 1.2.1 but the issue was not fully patched until 1.2.2

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Reference

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2905795%40wpdirectorykit%2Ftrunk&old=2905046%40wpdirectorykit%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpdirectorykit/tags/1.1.8/admin/class-wpdirectorykit-admin.php#L170 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8a7a6da3-d67c-42b3-8826-7e7fc9b938b4?source=cve

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

LOW

Base Score

LOW

Base Severity

5.4