CVE-2023-6492

MEDIUM

Simple Sitemap - Create a Responsive HTML Sitemap <= 3.5.13 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via admin_notices Hook

Title source: llm

Description

The Simple Sitemap – Create a Responsive HTML Sitemap plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.13. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation in the 'admin_notices' hook found in class-settings.php. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset the plugin options to a default state via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Product

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3099425/simple-sitemap/trunk/lib/classes/plugin-admin-pages/class-settings.php

Third Party Advisory

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a228e60c-c91b-4a82-8b05-a0ffaed82524?source=cve

Scores

CVSS v3 4.3

EPSS 0.0020

EPSS Percentile 9.7%

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 (1)

dgwyer/Simple Sitemap – Create a Responsive HTML Sitemap < 3.5.13

Published Jun 14, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026