Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability in WP Fastest Cache Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2023-1918

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
WP Fastest Cache
Vendor
CVE Published:
6 April 2023

Summary

The WP Fastest Cache plugin for WordPress suffers from a Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability due to improper nonce validation in the wpfc_preload_single_callback function. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to trigger a cache building action by convincing a site administrator to click on a malicious link, potentially compromising the integrity and performance of the website. Administrators are strongly advised to update to the latest version to mitigate this risk.

Affected Version(s)

WP Fastest Cache * <= 1.1.2

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2893158/wp-f...

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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