CVE-2023-4318 (GCVE-0-2023-4318)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-11 19:46 – Updated: 2025-04-23 16:17
VLAI?
Title
Herd Effects < 5.2.4 - Effect Deletion via CSRF
Summary
The Herd Effects WordPress plugin before 5.2.4 does not have CSRF when deleting its items, which could allow attackers to make logged in admins delete arbitrary effects via a CSRF attack
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
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/93b40030-3706-40… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Herd Effects Affected: 0 , < 5.2.4 (custom)
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Credits
Erwan LR (WPScan) WPScan
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