Vulnerability · Published Feb 28, 2023 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2023-1028WP Meta SEO <= 4.5.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via 'setIgnore'
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site request forgery in WP Meta SEO from joomunited. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 25% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
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 setIgnore function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update plugin options via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| joomunited | WP Meta SEO | 0 – through 4.5.3 |
Weakness: CWE-352 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6b978749-7ea5-45f4-9f69-66a19c0e39ca?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2870465/wp-meta-seo/trunk?contextall=1&old=2869205&old_path=%2Fwp-meta-seo%2Ftrunk#file2
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2870465/wp-meta-seo/tags/4.5.4/inc/class.metaseo-admin.php
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6b978749-7ea5-45f4-9f69-66a19c0e39ca x_transferred