CVE-2023-6946 (GCVE-0-2023-6946)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-29 14:44 – Updated: 2025-06-11 16:35
VLAI?
Title
Autotitle for WordPress <= 1.0.3 - Settings Update to Stored XSS via CSRF
Summary
The Autotitle for WordPress plugin through 1.0.3 does not have CSRF check in place when updating its settings, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them via a CSRF attack.
Severity ?
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Autotitle for WordPress Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.0.3 (semver)
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Credits
Daniel Ruf WPScan
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