Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability in Under Construction Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2023-0832

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Under Construction
Vendor
CVE Published:
9 June 2023

What is CVE-2023-0832?

The Under Construction plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Cross-Site Request Forgery due to inadequate nonce validation in the install_weglot function. This vulnerability enables unauthorized users to mistakenly install the Weglot Translate plugin by tricking an authenticated site administrator into executing a malicious action, such as clicking an infected link. Users of versions up to and including 3.96 of the plugin should take appropriate measures to secure their sites.

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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