Download Read More Excerpt Link <= 1.6.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2023-1068
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published February 27, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher István Márton
Description

The Download Read More Excerpt Link plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.6.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the read_more_excerpt_link_menu_options() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update he plugin's settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug read-more-excerpt-link (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.6.0
Patched Version
  • 1.6.1
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