CVE-2023-6501 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Splashscreen WordPress plugin through 0.20 does not have CSRF check in place when updating its settings, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them via a CSRF attack

Published: 2024-02-12

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

Splashscreen

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 0.20

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:cochinoman:splashscreen:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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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 0.00221.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://magos-securitas.com/txt/CVE-2023-6501.txt
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/dd19189b-de04-44b6-8ac9-0c32399a8976/

History

Mon, 28 Oct 2024 00:15:00 +0000

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

Wed, 09 Oct 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Cochinoman Cochinoman splashscreen
Weaknesses		CWE-352
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:cochinoman:splashscreen::::::wordpress::*
Vendors & Products		Cochinoman Cochinoman splashscreen
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}`

Subscriptions

Cochinoman Splashscreen

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-02-12T16:05:57.049Z

Updated: 2024-10-28T00:07:44.359Z

Reserved: 2023-12-04T18:28:06.561Z

Link: CVE-2023-6501

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:35:13.197Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-02-12T16:15:08.283

Modified: 2026-06-17T06:50:52.117

Link: CVE-2023-6501

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-352
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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