CVE-2023-2717

The Groundhogg plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.7.9.8. This is due to missing nonce validation on the 'enable_safe_mode' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to enable safe mode, which disables all other plugins, via a forged request if they can successfully trick an administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. A warning message about safe mode is displayed to the admin, which can be easily disabled.

CVSS v3 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/groundhogg/tags/2.7.9.8/admin/help/help-page.php#L67	Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2914493/groundhogg/tags/2.7.10/admin/help/help-page.php	Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/af73240c-b711-4e91-9998-5f7e6a9a4fb9?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:groundhogg:groundhogg:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-05-20 03:15

Updated : 2023-11-07 04:13

NVD link : CVE-2023-2717

Mitre link : CVE-2023-2717

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-2717

JSON object : View

Products Affected

groundhogg

groundhogg

CWE

CWE-352

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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