# CVE-2023-0554: Quick Restaurant Menu <= 2.0.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

> Unauthenticated attackers can trick administrators into modifying menu items via forged requests in the Quick Restaurant Menu plugin.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 27 Jan 2023
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6hpw-2974-gxxw

## What is CVE-2023-0554?

CVE-2023-0554 is a high-severity vulnerability in alejandropascual Quick Restaurant Menu, published on 27 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 Quick Restaurant Menu plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.0.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on its AJAX actions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update menu items, 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-2023-0554?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Thingsforrestaurants Quick Restaurant Menu.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-0554?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-0554 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-0554 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-0554 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in alejandropascual Quick Restaurant Menu

- [CVE-2023-0550](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0550/): Quick Restaurant Menu <= 2.0.2 - Insecure Direct Object Reference (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2023-0555](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0555/): Quick Restaurant Menu <= 2.0.2 - Missing Authorization (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2023-0553](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0553/): Quick Restaurant Menu <= 2.0.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Cross-Site Scripting (medium 4.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-0554 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-0554 is a high-severity vulnerability in alejandropascual Quick Restaurant Menu, published on 27 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-2023-0554 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: alejandropascual Quick Restaurant Menu. 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-2023-0554/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0554/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0554
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0554
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-0554

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0554/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.