Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability in Thumbnail Slider With Lightbox for WordPress
CVE-2023-5820

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Thumbnail Slider With Lightbox
Vendor
CVE Published:
27 October 2023

Summary

The Thumbnail Slider With Lightbox plugin for WordPress contains a vulnerability that arises from inadequate nonce validation on its add/edit functionality. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to exploit the system by tricking legitimate site administrators into executing actions they did not intend, such as clicking on malicious links. Successfully exploiting this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized file uploads on affected WordPress sites, compromising their integrity and security.

Affected Version(s)

Thumbnail Slider With Lightbox 1.0

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-responsive-slider-with-l...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&s...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Ala Arfaoui
.