CVE-2023-5821 Cross-site request forgery in Thumbnail carousel slider
Unauthenticated attackers can delete sliders in bulk by tricking administrators into clicking a link 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-2023-5821?
CVE-2023-5821 is a medium-severity vulnerability in nik00726 Thumbnail carousel slider, published on 27 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.
Official description
The Thumbnail carousel slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in version 1.0. This is due to missing nonce validation on the deleteselected function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete sliders in bulk via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5821?
It affects 1 product.
Products include I13websolution Thumbnail Carousel Slider.
How do I fix CVE-2023-5821?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5821 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-5821 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5821 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in nik00726 Thumbnail carousel slider
- CVE-2015-10144 Responsive Thumbnail Slider < 1.0.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload
- CVE-2023-1915 Thumbnail carousel slider < 1.1.10 - Reflected XSS
- CVE-2023-2120 Thumbnail carousel slider <= 1.1.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2019-25222 Thumbnail carousel slider <= 1.0.4 - Authenticated (Admin+) SQL Injection
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mgv4-792h-cfj5.