4.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2023-1028
WordPress WP Meta SEO CSRF Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 28, 2023, 1:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 7:38 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

1.4

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-1028 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Joomunited wp_meta_seo

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2023-1028 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-1028 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2870465/wp-meta-seo/tags/4.5.4/inc/class.metaseo-admin.php
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2870465/wp-meta-seo/trunk?contextall=1&old=2869205&old_path=%2Fwp-meta-seo%2Ftrunk#file2
    Added Reference https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6b978749-7ea5-45f4-9f69-66a19c0e39ca
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CWE Wordfence CWE-352
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 06, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2870465/wp-meta-seo/tags/4.5.4/inc/class.metaseo-admin.php No Types Assigned https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2870465/wp-meta-seo/tags/4.5.4/inc/class.metaseo-admin.php Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2870465/wp-meta-seo/trunk?contextall=1&old=2869205&old_path=%2Fwp-meta-seo%2Ftrunk#file2 No Types Assigned https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2870465/wp-meta-seo/trunk?contextall=1&old=2869205&old_path=%2Fwp-meta-seo%2Ftrunk#file2 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6b978749-7ea5-45f4-9f69-66a19c0e39ca No Types Assigned https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6b978749-7ea5-45f4-9f69-66a19c0e39ca Broken Link
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:joomunited:wp_meta_seo:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (including) 4.5.3
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2023-1028 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2023-1028 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.11 }} 0.00%

score

0.45048

percentile

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