CVE-2023-0727 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Wicked Folders plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.18.16. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the ajax_delete_folder function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to invoke this function via forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link leading them to perform actions intended for administrators such as changing the folder structure maintained by the plugin.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

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 0.00091.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Wickedplugins	Wicked Folders

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wickedplugins:wicked_folders:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wicked-folders/tags/2.18.16/lib/class-wicked-folders-ajax.php
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2860994%40wicked-folders%2Ftrunk&old=2805161%40wicked-folders%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/62b56928-7125-4211-b233-07b5b51881c1

History

Mon, 13 Jan 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2023-02-07T22:49:27.218Z

Updated: 2025-01-13T17:08:35.912Z

Reserved: 2023-02-07T17:31:29.982Z

Link: CVE-2023-0727

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:24:33.088Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-07T23:15:09.153

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:37:42.453

Link: CVE-2023-0727

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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