4.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2023-1029
WordPress WP Meta SEO Cross-Site Request Forgery
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 regenerateSitemaps function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to regenerate Sitemaps 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. 24, 2023, 8:15 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-2023-1029 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-2023-1029 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-1029 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/trunk?contextall=1&old=2869205&old_path=%2Fwp-meta-seo%2Ftrunk#file2
    Added Reference https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/764aec73-f291-4372-9dde-812ffaf025ed
  • 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. 03, 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/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 Product
    Changed Reference Type https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/764aec73-f291-4372-9dde-812ffaf025ed No Types Assigned https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/764aec73-f291-4372-9dde-812ffaf025ed Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-352
    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-2023-1029 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-2023-1029 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

0.06 }} 0.01%

score

0.23806

percentile

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