{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-44998 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-44998 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-44998 is a medium-severity vulnerability in josecoelho, Randy Hoyt, steveclarkcouk, Vitaliy Kukin, Eric Le Bail, Tom Ransom Category Meta plugin, published on 12 Oct 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-44998 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-44998 is a medium-severity vulnerability in josecoelho, Randy Hoyt, steveclarkcouk, Vitaliy Kukin, Eric Le Bail, Tom Ransom Category Meta plugin, published on 12 Oct 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-44998 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: josecoelho, Randy Hoyt, steveclarkcouk, Vitaliy Kukin, Eric Le Bail, Tom Ransom Category Meta plugin. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44998/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44998/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-44998","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44998/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-44998","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-p583-5mfr-xmp2"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["security_bypass"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can trick authenticated users into performing unwanted actions in the Category Meta plugin, potentially altering site configuration.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"csrf"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Patchstack","cpe":[{"product":"category_meta","vendor":"randyhoyt"}],"cvss":{"score":4.3,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-352","name":"Cross-Site Request Forgery"}],"description":"Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in josecoelho, Randy Hoyt, steveclarkcouk, Vitaliy Kukin, Eric Le Bail, Tom Ransom Category Meta plugin plugin \u003c= 1.2.8 versions.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"WordPress Category Meta Plugin \u003c= 1.2.8 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)","id":"CVE-2023-44998","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"csrf","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"WordPress WooCommerce Stripe Gateway plugin \u003c= 7.6.0 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability","id":"CVE-2023-44999"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"WordPress WP Forms Puzzle Captcha Plugin \u003c= 4.1 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)","id":"CVE-2023-44997"},"products":["Category Meta plugin"],"published":"2023-10-12","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-28","vendors":["josecoelho, Randy Hoyt, steveclarkcouk, Vitaliy Kukin, Eric Le Bail, Tom Ransom"]},"summary":"Attackers can trick authenticated users into performing unwanted actions in the Category Meta plugin, potentially altering site configuration.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44998/"}