CVE-2023-7065 Cross-site request forgery in Stop Spammers Classic
Unauthenticated attackers can trick administrators into adding arbitrary IPs to allow/block lists via CSRF in the Stop Spammers Security 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-2023-7065?
CVE-2023-7065 is a medium-severity vulnerability in webguyio Stop Spammers Classic, published on 4 May 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 Stop Spammers Security | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2024.4. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the sfs_process AJAX action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to add arbitrary IPs to the plugin's allowlist and blocklist 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-2023-7065?
How do I fix CVE-2023-7065?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-7065 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-7065 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-7065 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4mcf-86r4-fm85.