CVE-2023-1029

The WP Meta SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 4.5.3. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the regenerateSitemaps function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to regenerate Sitemaps via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

CVSS v3 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2870465/wp-meta-seo/trunk?contextall=1&old=2869205&old_path=%2Fwp-meta-seo%2Ftrunk#file2	Product
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/764aec73-f291-4372-9dde-812ffaf025ed	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:joomunited:wp_meta_seo:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-02-24 20:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 19:51

NVD link : CVE-2023-1029

Mitre link : CVE-2023-1029

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-1029

JSON object : View

Products Affected

joomunited

wp_meta_seo

CWE

CWE-352

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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