SB2023110923 - Multiple vulnerabilities in TK Google Fonts GDPR Compliant plugin for WordPress
Published: November 9, 2023
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5823)
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. 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.
2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-33999)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/tk-google-fonts/wordpress-tk-google-fonts-gdpr-compliant-plugin-2-2-11-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
- https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/tk-google-fonts/wordpress-tk-google-fonts-gdpr-compliant-plugin-2-2-11-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability