CVE-2023-4000 Waiting: One-click countdowns <= 0.6.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
Unauthenticated attackers can trick administrators into creating or deleting countdowns via forged requests due to missing nonce validation.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-4000?
CVE-2023-4000 is a medium-severity vulnerability in pluginbuilders Waiting: One-click countdowns, published on 31 Aug 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 Waiting: One-click countdowns plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 0.6.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on its AJAX actions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create and delete countdowns, via forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-4000?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Plugin Waiting.
How do I fix CVE-2023-4000?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-4000 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-4000 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-4000 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in pluginbuilders Waiting: One-click countdowns
- CVE-2023-28659 SQL injection in Waiting: One-click Countdowns WordPress Plugin
- CVE-2023-2757 Cross-site scripting in Waiting: One-click countdowns
- CVE-2023-3999 Waiting: One-click countdowns <= 0.6.2 - Missing Authorization
- CVE-2022-4954 Waiting: One-click countdowns <= 0.6.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Cross-Site Scripting
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pm47-x34m-3qm3.