Cross-site request forgery in Login with phone number plugin for WordPress



Published: 2023-09-14
Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2023-4916
CWE-ID CWE-352
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
Subscribe 		Login with phone number
Web applications / Modules and components for CMS

Vendor Hamid Reza Alinia

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Cross-site request forgery

EUVDB-ID: #VU80781

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1:

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-4916

CWE-ID:

Exploit availability:

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin in the "lwp_update_password_action" function. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Login with phone number: 1.0 - 1.4.653

Fixed software versions

CPE2.3 External links

http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/login-with-phone-number/trunk/login-with-phonenumber.php#L2953
http://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/71083db7-377b-47a1-ac8b-83d8974a2654?source=cve


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?



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