iThemes Sync <= 2.1.13 - Cross-Site Request Forgery and Missing Authorization via 'hide_authenticate_notice'

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2023-40001
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published August 25, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Abdi Pranata
Description

The iThemes Sync plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.1.13. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the hide_authenticate_notice function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to hide admin notices via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. Authorization was also missing, which allowed subscribers to dismiss notices via AJAX request.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug ithemes-sync (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.1.14
Patched Version
  • 2.1.14
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