WP Directory Kit Plugin up to 1.2.1 on WordPress Setting admin_page_display cross-site request forgery

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A vulnerability was found in WP Directory Kit Plugin up to 1.2.1 on WordPress. It has been declared as problematic. Affected is the function admin_page_display of the component Setting Handler. Such manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-2279. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in WP Directory Kit Plugin up to 1.2.1 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function admin_page_display of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

The WP Directory Kit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.2.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'admin_page_display' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete or change plugin settings, import demo data, modify or delete Directory Kit related posts and terms via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. Partial patches were made avilable in versions 1.2.0 and 1.2.1 but the issue was not fully patched until 1.2.2

The weakness was released 05/04/2023. The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-2279 since 04/25/2023. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• WP Directory Kit Plugin

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• 1.2.0
• 1.2.1

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