WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2023-0498 Modified

WP Education: Cross-site request forgery

WP Education is affected by cross-site request forgery. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Exploitation relies on a signed-in privileged user submitting an attacker-controlled request.

CVE / CNA score 4.3 CVSS 3.1 · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
NVD score 4.3 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
WP Education
Plugin slug
wp-education
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Mar 27, 2023
Weakness
CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

This CVE was published Mar 27, 2023 and is one of 2 known issues for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update WP Education to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Technical description

The WP Education WordPress plugin before 1.2.7 does not have CSRF check when activating plugins, which could allow attackers to make logged in admins activate arbitrary plugins present on the blog via a CSRF attack

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Primary and upstream sources