CVE-2023-3720 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Upload Media By URL WordPress plugin before 1.0.8 does not have CSRF check when uploading files, which could allow attackers to make logged in admins upload files (including HTML containing JS code for users with the unfiltered_html capability) on their behalf.

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 0.0006.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Notetoservices	Upload Media By Url

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:notetoservices:upload_media_by_url:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-44355	The Upload Media By URL WordPress plugin before 1.0.8 does not have CSRF check when uploading files, which could allow attackers to make logged in admins upload files (including HTML containing JS code for users with the unfiltered_html capability) on their behalf.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/16375a7f-0a9f-4961-8510-d047ffbf3954

History

Mon, 05 May 2025 13:15:00 +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: 2023-08-30T14:22:00.303Z

Updated: 2025-05-05T12:38:18.941Z

Reserved: 2023-07-17T17:38:35.876Z

Link: CVE-2023-3720

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:01:57.540Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-30T15:15:09.410

Modified: 2025-05-05T13:15:49.023

Link: CVE-2023-3720

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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