Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability in The Simple Sitemap Plugin
CVE-2023-6492

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Simple Sitemap – Create A Responsive Html Sitemap
Vendor
CVE Published:
14 June 2024

What is CVE-2023-6492?

The Simple Sitemap – Create a Responsive HTML Sitemap plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.13. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation in the 'admin_notices' hook found in class-settings.php. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset the plugin options to a default state via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Affected Version(s)

Simple Sitemap – Create a Responsive HTML Sitemap * <= 3.5.13

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3099425/simp...

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

Rafshanzani Suhada
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CVE-2023-6492 : Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability in The Simple Sitemap Plugin