CVE-2023-4209 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The POEditor WordPress plugin before 0.9.8 does not have CSRF checks in various places, which could allow attackers to make logged in admins perform unwanted actions, such as reset the plugin's settings and update its API key via CSRF attacks.

Published: 2023-08-30

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

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

POEditor

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 0.9.8

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:poeditor:poeditor:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-54083	The POEditor WordPress plugin before 0.9.8 does not have CSRF checks in various places, which could allow attackers to make logged in admins perform unwanted actions, such as reset the plugin's settings and update its API key via CSRF attacks.

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 0.00067.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b2c6fa7d-1b0f-444b-8ca5-8c1c06cea1d9

History

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Subscriptions

Poeditor Poeditor

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-08-30T14:22:05.165Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T16:18:32.799Z

Reserved: 2023-08-07T13:52:09.610Z

Link: CVE-2023-4209

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-30T15:15:10.047

Modified: 2025-04-23T17:16:41.737

Link: CVE-2023-4209

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

No weakness.

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