Word Balloon Plugin up to 4.20.2 on WordPress cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Word Balloon Plugin up to 4.20.2 on WordPress. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes cross-site request forgery. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-5884. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Word Balloon Plugin up to 4.20.2 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The Word Balloon WordPress plugin before 4.20.3 does not protect some of its actions against CSRF attacks, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to trick a logged in user to delete arbitrary avatars by clicking a link.

The weakness was shared 12/05/2023 by Krzysztof Zając. The advisory is shared at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-5884 since 10/31/2023. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 4.20.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Word Balloon Plugin 4.20.3

Timelineinfo

10/31/2023 🔍
12/05/2023 +35 days 🔍
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12/23/2023 +18 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Researcher: Krzysztof Zając
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-5884 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-5884
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-246829

Entryinfo

Created: 12/05/2023 08:08
Updated: 12/23/2023 11:30
Changes: 12/05/2023 08:08 (41), 12/23/2023 11:30 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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