Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability in Wicked Folders by WordPress
CVE-2023-0730

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Wicked Folders
Vendor
CVE Published:
7 February 2023

What is CVE-2023-0730?

The Wicked Folders plugin for WordPress is exposed to a Cross-Site Request Forgery attack in versions up to 2.18.16. This vulnerability arises from insufficient nonce validation within the ajax_save_folder_order function, enabling unauthenticated attackers to manipulate functionality with impersonated requests. If successfully executed, the attacker could deceive a site administrator into modifying crucial plugin settings, such as the folder structure, via maliciously crafted links.

Affected Version(s)

Wicked Folders * <= 2.18.16

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wicked-folders...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&s...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Marco Wotschka
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