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FKIE_CVE-2023-4318

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-09-11 20:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:37

Severity

4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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

References

	URL	Tags
	contact@wpscan.com	https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/93b40030-3706-4063-bf59-4ec983afdbb6	Exploit, Third Party Advisory
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/93b40030-3706-4063-bf59-4ec983afdbb6	Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	wow-company	herd_effects	*

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          "collectionURL": "https://wordpress.org/plugins",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "product": "Herd Effects",
          "vendor": "Unknown",
          "versions": [
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            }
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        }
      ],
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    }
  ],
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    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
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    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2023-4318",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T06:37:33.707",
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          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
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          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "userInteraction": "REQUIRED",
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}

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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-11 19:46 – Updated: 2025-04-23 16:17

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

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-04-23 16:07 UTC

CWE

CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Assigner

WPScan mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/93b40030-3706-40…	exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Unknown	Herd Effects	Affected: 0 , < 5.2.4 (custom)

Credits

Erwan LR (WPScan) WPScan

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JSON

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          "dateUpdated": "2024-08-02T07:24:04.685Z",
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              "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
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}

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