Description
The Under Construction plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 3.96. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the dismiss_notice function called via the admin_action_ucp_dismiss_notice action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to dismiss plugin notifications via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Published: 2023-06-09
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-2023-12833 The Under Construction plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 3.96. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the dismiss_notice function called via the admin_action_ucp_dismiss_notice action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to dismiss plugin notifications 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 17:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Under Construction <= 3.96 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via admin_action_ucp_dismiss_notice
Weaknesses CWE-352

Sat, 21 Dec 2024 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


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Webfactoryltd Under Construction
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T16:32:48.697Z

Reserved: 2023-02-14T17:03:16.785Z

Link: CVE-2023-0831

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Updated: 2024-08-02T05:24:34.546Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-06-09T06:15:54.140

Modified: 2026-04-08T17:16:50.487

Link: CVE-2023-0831

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Weaknesses