Medium severity · published Jul 28, 2023
CVE-2023-3977
Inisev Plugins (Various Versions) - Cross-Site Request Forgery on handle_installation function
4.3
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Several plugins for WordPress by Inisev are vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery to unauthorized installation of plugins due to a missing nonce check on the handle_installation function that is called via the inisev_installation AJAX aciton in various versions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to install plugins from the limited list via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 49% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BB
BackupBliss – Backup & Migration with Free Cloud Storage · inisev
through 1.2.7 · source: vendor
CL
Clone · migrate
through 2.3.7 · source: vendor, NVD
DP
Duplicate Post · inisev
through 1.3.9 · source: vendor, NVD
ET
Enhanced Text Widget · cl272
through 1.5.7 · source: vendor, NVD
PO
Pop-up · inisev
through 1.1.9 · source: vendor, NVD
RR
RSS Redirect & Feedburner Alternative · s-feeds
through 3.7 · source: vendor, NVD
RE
Redirection · inisev
through 1.1.3 · source: vendor, NVD
SM
SSL Mixed Content Fix · steve85b
through 3.2.3 · source: vendor, NVD
SM
Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons · inisev
through 2.8.1 · source: vendor, NVD
SS
Social Share Icons & Social Share Buttons · inisev
through 3.5.7 · source: vendor
UP
Ultimate Posts Widget · cl272
through 2.2.4 · source: vendor, NVD
BM
Backup Migration · Backupbliss
before 1.2.8 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3977
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3977
Exploit
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/backup-backup/tags/1.2.7/includes/banner/misc.php#L427
Exploit
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/backup-backup/tags/1.2.8/includes/banner/misc.php#L434
Exploit
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/copy-delete-posts/tags/1.3.8/banner/misc.php#L426
Exploit
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/copy-delete-posts/tags/1.4.0/banner/misc.php#L434
Exploit
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/enhanced-text-widget/tags/1.5.6/banner/misc.php#L339
Exploit
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/enhanced-text-widget/tags/1.5.7/banner/misc.php#L351
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