CVE-2023-0502 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The WP News WordPress plugin through 1.1.9 does not have CSRF check when activating plugins, which could allow attackers to make logged in admins activate arbitrary plugins present on the blog via a CSRF attack

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00099.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Hasthemes	Wp News

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:hasthemes:wp_news:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-12550	The WP News WordPress plugin through 1.1.9 does not have CSRF check when activating plugins, which could allow attackers to make logged in admins activate arbitrary plugins present on the blog via a CSRF attack

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c959f4ce-b6ea-4aee-9a98-aa98d2a62138

History

Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-03-27T15:37:29.087Z

Updated: 2025-02-19T20:07:07.974Z

Reserved: 2023-01-25T10:08:31.434Z

Link: CVE-2023-0502

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:10:56.351Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-27T16:15:08.937

Modified: 2025-02-19T20:15:34.153

Link: CVE-2023-0502

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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