CVE-2023-6946 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Autotitle for WordPress plugin through 1.0.3 does not have CSRF check in place when updating its settings, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them via a CSRF attack.

Published: 2024-01-29

Score: 8.8 High

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

Autotitle for WordPress

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 1.0.3

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:unalignedcode:autotitle:*:*:*:*:*: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-2023-59142	The Autotitle for WordPress plugin through 1.0.3 does not have CSRF check in place when updating its settings, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them via a CSRF attack.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00133.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://magos-securitas.com/txt/CVE-2023-6946
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/54a00416-c7e3-44f3-8dd2-ed9e748055e6/

History

Fri, 18 Oct 2024 15:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Unalignedcode Autotitle

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-01-29T14:44:22.240Z

Updated: 2025-06-11T16:35:18.168Z

Reserved: 2023-12-19T11:18:09.559Z

Link: CVE-2023-6946

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:42:08.703Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-29T15:15:09.740

Modified: 2025-06-11T17:15:40.047

Link: CVE-2023-6946

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-352

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