CVE-2023-1028 (GCVE-0-2023-1028)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-28 12:53 – Updated: 2025-01-13 17:03
VLAI?
Summary
The WP Meta SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 4.5.3. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the setIgnore function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update plugin options via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
joomunited WP Meta SEO Affected: * , ≤ 4.5.3 (semver)
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Credits
Marco Wotschka
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