CVE-2023-6492 Information

Description

The Simple Sitemap – Create a Responsive HTML Sitemap plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to and including 3.5.13. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation in the ‘admin_notices’ hook found in class-settings.php. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset the plugin options to a default state via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a228e60c-c91b-4a82-8b05-a0ffaed82524?source=cve https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3099425/simple-sitemap/trunk/lib/classes/plugin-admin-pages/class-settings.php

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

LOW

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

4.3