Description
The Absolute Reviews plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.0.8. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the metabox_review_save() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to save meta tags via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Published: 2023-07-12
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-34253 The Absolute Reviews plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.0.8. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the metabox_review_save() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to save meta tags via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
History

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Absolute Reviews <= 1.0.8 - Cross-Site Request Forgery Bypass
Weaknesses CWE-352

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 03 Oct 2024 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Codesupply
Codesupply absolute Reviews
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:ashstonestudios:absolute_reviews:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* cpe:2.3:a:codesupply:absolute_reviews:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Ashstonestudios
Ashstonestudios absolute Reviews
Codesupply
Codesupply absolute Reviews

Subscriptions

Codesupply Absolute Reviews
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T17:31:21.340Z

Reserved: 2023-07-11T19:06:45.321Z

Link: CVE-2021-4426

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:23:10.742Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-07-12T08:15:09.647

Modified: 2026-04-08T19:17:48.340

Link: CVE-2021-4426

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses