WP Meta SEO Plugin up to 4.5.2 on WordPress AJAX Action redirect

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in WP Meta SEO Plugin up to 4.5.2 on WordPress. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component AJAX Action Handler. This manipulation causes redirect. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2023-0876. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in WP Meta SEO Plugin up to 4.5.2 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component AJAX Action Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a redirect vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-601. A web application accepts a user-controlled input that specifies a link to an external site, and uses that link in a Redirect. This simplifies phishing attacks. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The WP Meta SEO WordPress plugin before 4.5.3 does not authorize several ajax actions, allowing low-privilege users to make updates to certain data and leading to an arbitrary redirect vulnerability.

The weakness was published 03/20/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-0876 since 02/16/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1204.001 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 4.5.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Redirect
CWE: CWE-601
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: WP Meta SEO Plugin 4.5.3

Timelineinfo

02/16/2023 🔍
03/20/2023 +32 days 🔍
03/20/2023 +0 days 🔍
04/12/2023 +23 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-0876 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-0876
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-223435

Entryinfo

Created: 03/20/2023 20:58
Updated: 04/12/2023 08:18
Changes: 03/20/2023 20:58 (40), 04/12/2023 08:18 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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