CVE-2023-1086 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Preview Link Generator WordPress plugin before 1.0.4 does not have CSRF check when activating plugins, which could allow attackers to make logged in admins activate arbitrary plugins present on the blog via a CSRF attack

Published: 2023-03-27

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

Preview Link Generator

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 1.0.4

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:hasthemes:preview_link_generator:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-23373	The Preview Link Generator WordPress plugin before 1.0.4 does not have CSRF check when activating plugins, which could allow attackers to make logged in admins activate arbitrary plugins present on the blog via a CSRF attack

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 0.00835.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e2bda716-76dc-4a26-b26a-7a2a764757b0

History

Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Hasthemes Preview Link Generator

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-03-27T15:37:36.168Z

Updated: 2025-02-19T19:29:53.580Z

Reserved: 2023-02-28T13:17:49.012Z

Link: CVE-2023-1086

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:32:46.404Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-27T16:15:09.540

Modified: 2025-02-19T20:15:34.607

Link: CVE-2023-1086

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

No weakness.

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