CVE-2023-4000

The Waiting: One-click countdowns plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 0.6.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on its AJAX actions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create and delete countdowns, via forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

CVSS v3 6.3 MEDIUM

6.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/waiting/trunk/waiting.php?rev=2826039	Patch
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7ffba592-6d0d-408f-89fa-079066750b0a?source=cve	Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/waiting/trunk/waiting.php?rev=2826039	Patch
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7ffba592-6d0d-408f-89fa-079066750b0a?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:plugin:waiting:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 08:34

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-08-31 06:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 08:34

NVD link : CVE-2023-4000

Mitre link : CVE-2023-4000

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-4000

JSON object : View

Products Affected

plugin

waiting

CWE

No CWE.

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