CVE-2023-6980 WP SMS <= 6.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Subscriber Deletion

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Attackers can trick administrators into deleting SMS subscribers via forged requests due to missing nonce validation in the WP SMS plugin.

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-2023-6980?

CVE-2023-6980 is a medium-severity vulnerability in veronalabs WSMS (formerly WP SMS) – SMS & MMS Notifications with OTP and 2FA for WooCommerce, published on 3 Jan 2024. 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 WP SMS – Messaging & SMS Notification for WordPress, WooCommerce, GravityForms, etc plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 6.5. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'delete' action of the wp-sms-subscribers page. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete subscribers 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-2023-6980?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Veronalabs Wp Sms.

How do I fix CVE-2023-6980?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-6980 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-6980 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6980 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-927j-v4r3-3qjf.

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