CVE-2023-1068

MEDIUM

Read More Excerpt Link < 1.6.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via Missing Nonce Validation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The Download Read More Excerpt Link plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.6.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the read_more_excerpt_link_menu_options() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update he plugin's settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

References (3)

Core 3

Scores

CVSS v3 4.3
EPSS 0.0030
EPSS Percentile 21.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-352
Status published
Products (2)
read_more_excerpt_link_project/read_more_excerpt_link < 1.6.0
teckel/Read More Excerpt Link < 1.6.0
Published Feb 27, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026