CVE-2023-0504 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The HT Politic WordPress plugin before 2.3.8 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

Published: 2023-03-27

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

HT Politic

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 2.3.8

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:hasthemes:ht_politic:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-12552	The HT Politic WordPress plugin before 2.3.8 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 Low

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 0.00106.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b427841d-a3ad-4e3a-8964-baad90a9aedb

History

Wed, 19 Feb 2025 17:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Hasthemes Ht Politic

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-03-27T15:37:15.425Z

Updated: 2025-02-19T16:56:46.649Z

Reserved: 2023-01-25T10:08:53.062Z

Link: CVE-2023-0504

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:10:56.449Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-27T16:15:09.047

Modified: 2025-02-19T17:15:12.203

Link: CVE-2023-0504

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

No weakness.

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