CVE-2023-46618 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Bala Krishna, Sergey Yakovlev Category SEO Meta Tags plugin <= 2.5 versions.

Published: 2023-11-13

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

Bala Krishna, Sergey Yakovlev

Category SEO Meta Tags

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	≤ 2.5

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:bala-krishna:category_seo_meta_tags:*:*:*:*:*: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-2023-50820	Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Bala Krishna, Sergey Yakovlev Category SEO Meta Tags plugin <= 2.5 versions.

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 0.00074.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/category-seo-meta-tags/wordpress-category-seo-meta-tags-plugin-2-5-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Bala-krishna Category Seo Meta Tags

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2023-11-13T00:46:59.926Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:08:47.218Z

Reserved: 2023-10-24T13:10:12.433Z

Link: CVE-2023-46618

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T20:53:20.778Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-11-13T01:15:07.813

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:28:53.987

Link: CVE-2023-46618

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-352

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