# CVE-2023-0403: Social Warfare <= 4.3.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

> Unauthenticated attackers can trick administrators into deleting post meta and resetting tokens via CSRF in the Social Warfare plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Jan 2023
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rg35-9p2m-64gc

## What is CVE-2023-0403?

CVE-2023-0403 is a medium-severity vulnerability in warfareplugins Social Sharing Plugin – Social Warfare, published on 19 Jan 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Social Warfare plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 4.3.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on several AJAX actions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete post meta information and reset network access tokens, via forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-0403?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Warfareplugins Social Warfare.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-0403?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-0403 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-0403 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-0403 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in warfareplugins Social Sharing Plugin – Social Warfare

- [CVE-2019-9978](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-9978/): WordPress Social Warfare Plugin Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 6.1, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-4434](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-4434/): Social Warfare <= 3.5.2 - Remote Code Execution (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2023-4842](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4842/): Cross-site scripting in Social Sharing Plugin – Social Warfare (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2023-0402](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0402/): Social Warfare <= 4.3.0 - Missing Authorization (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-0403 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-0403 is a medium-severity vulnerability in warfareplugins Social Sharing Plugin – Social Warfare, published on 19 Jan 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-0403 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: warfareplugins Social Sharing Plugin – Social Warfare. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0403/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0403/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0403
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0403
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-0403

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0403/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.