Vulnerability · Published Jan 11, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2023-4246GiveWP <= 2.33.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to plugin installation
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site request forgery in GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform from stellarwp. 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 20% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The GiveWP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.33.3. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the give_sendwp_remote_install_handler function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to install and activate the SendWP plugin 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 |
|---|---|---|
| stellarwp | GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform | 0 – through 2.33.3 |
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/dc5c511f-dc79-468b-a107-cdf50999faf8?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/give/trunk/includes/admin/misc-functions.php?rev=2772225#L258
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2974851%40give%2Ftrunk&old=2973080%40give%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=