4.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2023-6980
WordPress WP SMS Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability
Description

The WP SMS – Messaging & SMS Notification for WordPress, WooCommerce, GravityForms, etc plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 6.5. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'delete' action of the wp-sms-subscribers page. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete subscribers via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 3, 2024, 6:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Dec. 17, 2024, 6:23 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

1.4

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-6980 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 Veronalabs wp_sms

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-6980 vulnerability over time.

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  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 17, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:veronalabs:wp_sms:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 6.5.1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:veronalabs:wp_sms:*:*:*:*:free:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 6.5.1
  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/wp-sms/wp-sms/commit/0f36e2f521ade8ddfb3e04786defe074370afb50
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3015006%40wp-sms&new=3015006%40wp-sms&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
    Added Reference https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/94ad6b51-ff8d-48d5-9a70-1781d13990a5?source=cve
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 10, 2024

    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://github.com/wp-sms/wp-sms/commit/0f36e2f521ade8ddfb3e04786defe074370afb50 No Types Assigned https://github.com/wp-sms/wp-sms/commit/0f36e2f521ade8ddfb3e04786defe074370afb50 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3015006%40wp-sms&new=3015006%40wp-sms&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= No Types Assigned https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3015006%40wp-sms&new=3015006%40wp-sms&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/94ad6b51-ff8d-48d5-9a70-1781d13990a5?source=cve No Types Assigned https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/94ad6b51-ff8d-48d5-9a70-1781d13990a5?source=cve Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-79
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:veronalabs:wp_sms:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 6.5.1
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jan. 03, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description The WP SMS – Messaging & SMS Notification for WordPress, WooCommerce, GravityForms, etc plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 6.5. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'delete' action of the wp-sms-subscribers page. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete subscribers via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
    Added Reference Wordfence https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/94ad6b51-ff8d-48d5-9a70-1781d13990a5?source=cve [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Wordfence https://github.com/wp-sms/wp-sms/commit/0f36e2f521ade8ddfb3e04786defe074370afb50 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Wordfence https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3015006%40wp-sms&new=3015006%40wp-sms&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= [No types assigned]
    Added CVSS V3.1 Wordfence AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

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

0.78 }} 0.06%

score

0.82025

percentile

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