CVE-2023-4276 Absolute Privacy <= 2.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to User Email/Password Change
Attackers can change administrator email and password via CSRF, leading to account takeover, affecting Absolute Privacy plugin users.
- 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-2023-4276?
CVE-2023-4276 is a high-severity vulnerability in johnkolbert Absolute Privacy, published on 10 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 Absolute Privacy plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.1. This is due to missing nonce validation on the 'abpr_profileShortcode' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change user email and password via a 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-2023-4276?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Johnkolbert Absolute Privacy.
How do I fix CVE-2023-4276?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-4276 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-4276 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-4276 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-894w-728g-r679.