# CVE-2023-47875: WordPress Perfmatters Plugin <= 2.1.6 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

> Attackers can trick authenticated users into performing unwanted actions in the Perfmatters WordPress 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:** 30 Nov 2023
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cvv4-6q3f-p9gx

## What is CVE-2023-47875?

CVE-2023-47875 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Perfmatters, published on 30 Nov 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

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Perfmatters allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Perfmatters: from n/a through 2.1.6.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-47875?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Perfmatters Perfmatters.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-47875?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-47875 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-47875 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-47875 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Perfmatters

- [CVE-2023-47876](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47876/): WordPress Perfmatters Plugin <= 2.1.6 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2023-47877](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47877/): WordPress Perfmatters Plugin < 2.2.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-47874](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47874/): WordPress Perfmatters Plugin <= 2.1.6 is vulnerable to Broken Access Control (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-47875 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-47875 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Perfmatters, published on 30 Nov 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-2023-47875 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Perfmatters. 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-2023-47875/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47875/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-47875
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-47875
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-47875

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47875/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.