Vulnerability · Published Feb 27, 2023 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2023-1068Download Read More Excerpt Link <= 1.6.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update

Medium 4.3

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A medium-severity cross-site request forgery in Read More Excerpt Link from teckel. 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 22% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 77.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Download Read More Excerpt Link plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.6.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the read_more_excerpt_link_menu_options() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update he plugin's settings 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
teckel	Read More Excerpt Link	0 – through 1.6.0

Weakness: CWE-352 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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Affected products (as reported)

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