CVE-2023-4318 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Herd Effects WordPress plugin before 5.2.4 does not have CSRF when deleting its items, which could allow attackers to make logged in admins delete arbitrary effects via a CSRF attack

Published: 2023-09-11

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

Herd Effects

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 5.2.4

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wow-company:herd_effects:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-54184	The Herd Effects WordPress plugin before 5.2.4 does not have CSRF when deleting its items, which could allow attackers to make logged in admins delete arbitrary effects 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 0.00067.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/93b40030-3706-4063-bf59-4ec983afdbb6

History

Wed, 23 Apr 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

Wow-company Herd Effects

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-09-11T19:46:05.630Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T16:17:07.296Z

Reserved: 2023-08-14T08:03:15.138Z

Link: CVE-2023-4318

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:24:04.685Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-09-11T20:15:12.463

Modified: 2025-04-23T17:16:43.950

Link: CVE-2023-4318

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

No weakness.

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