Medium severity · published Nov 7, 2023
CVE-2023-5982
UpdraftPlus <= 1.23.10 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Google Drive Storage Update
5.4
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The UpdraftPlus: WordPress Backup & Migration Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.23.10. This is due to a lack of nonce validation and insufficient validation of the instance_id on the 'updraftmethod-googledrive-auth' action used to update Google Drive remote storage location. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the Google Drive location that backups are sent to via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. This can make it possible for attackers to receive backups for a site which may contain sensitive information.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 12% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
UW
UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin · davidanderson
through 1.23.10 · source: vendor
UP
Updraftplus · Updraftplus
through 1.23.10 · source: NVD
Affected product
UW
UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin
davidanderson
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5982
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5982
Patch
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2989669/updraftplus/tags/1.23.11/class-updraftplus.php
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e1be11c5-0a44-4816-b6bf-d330cb51dbf3?source=cve
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