CVE-2023-0831

Summary

The Under Construction plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 3.96. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the dismiss_notice function called via the admin_action_ucp_dismiss_notice action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to dismiss plugin notifications via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• CWE-352: CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/031a1203-6b0d-453b-be8a-12e7f55cb401?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/under-construction-page/trunk/under-construction.php?rev=2848705#L901

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical Impact: partial

References

• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/031a1203-6b0d-453b-be8a-12e7f55cb401?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/under-construction-page/trunk/under-construction.php?rev=2848705#L901

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