Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability in GiveWP Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2023-4246

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
GiveWP – Donation Plugin And Fundraising Platform
Vendor
CVE Published:
11 January 2024

What is CVE-2023-4246?

The GiveWP plugin for WordPress is prone to a Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability due to inadequate nonce validation within the give_sendwp_remote_install_handler function. This security flaw can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers who trick site administrators into executing malicious requests, potentially leading to unauthorized installation and activation of the SendWP plugin. Administrators should ensure their sites are updated to prevent exploitation of this vulnerability.

Affected Version(s)

GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform * <= 2.33.3

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/give/trunk/inc...
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
.