Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability in Under Construction Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2023-0831

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Under Construction
Vendor
CVE Published:
9 June 2023

What is CVE-2023-0831?

The Under Construction plugin for WordPress has a security vulnerability that allows for Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). This flaw arises from inadequate nonce validation in the dismiss_notice function as triggered by the admin_action_ucp_dismiss_notice action. When exploited, this vulnerability permits unauthenticated attackers to bypass notifications intended for site administrators by sending a manipulated request. Attackers can potentially mislead an administrator into taking actions that dismiss important plugin alerts, which could lead to oversight of critical updates or changes.

Affected Version(s)

Under Construction * <= 3.96

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/under-construc...

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

Ramuel Gall
Alex Thomas
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The Cyber Security Vulnerability Database.