CVE-2023-5945 Cross-site request forgery in video carousel slider with lightbox
Unauthenticated attackers can delete videos from the slider 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-2023-5945?
CVE-2023-5945 is a medium-severity vulnerability in nik00726 video carousel slider with lightbox, published on 3 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
The video carousel slider with lightbox plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in version 1.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the responsive_video_gallery_with_lightbox_video_management_func() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete videos hosted from the video slider 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-2023-5945?
It affects 1 product.
Products include I13websolution Video Carousel Slider With Lightbox.
How do I fix CVE-2023-5945?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5945 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-5945 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5945 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in nik00726 video carousel slider with lightbox
- CVE-2023-32797 WordPress video carousel slider with lightbox Plugin <= 1.0.22 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- CVE-2023-2710 video carousel slider with lightbox <= 1.0.22 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2019-25212 video carousel slider with lightbox <= 1.0.6 - Authenticated (Admin+) SQL Injection
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cj9v-p8wr-46mp.