Fatal Error Notify Plugin Vulnerable to Spam Attacks
CVE-2023-7202
Currently unrated
Key Information:
- Vendor
- Wordpress
- Status
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 27 February 2024
Badges
👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC
Summary
The Fatal Error Notify WordPress plugin before 1.5.3 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks in its test_error AJAX action, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber to call it and spam the admin email address with error messages. The issue is also exploitable via CSRF
Affected Version(s)
Fatal Error Notify 0 < 1.5.3
Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)
PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.
References
Timeline
- 🟡
Public PoC available
- 👾
Exploit known to exist
Vulnerability published
Vulnerability Reserved
Credit
Dmitrii Ignatyev
WPScan