SB2023103142 - Cross-site request forgery in Thumbnail Slider With Lightbox plugin for WordPress
Published: October 31, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023103142
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5820)
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 addedit functionality. 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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=1263536%40wp-responsive-slider-with-lightbox&new=1263536%40wp-responsive-slider-with-lightbox&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e51e1cd2-6de9-4820-8bba-1c6b5053e2c1?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-responsive-slider-with-lightbox