Meks Smart Social Widget <= 1.6 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via meks_remove_notification

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4.3
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2023-25989
CVSS 4.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published July 26, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Muhammad Daffa

Description

The Meks Smart Social Widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.6. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the meks_remove_notification function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to dismiss admin notices via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

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Vulnerability Details for Meks ThemeForest Smart Widget

Meks ThemeForest Smart Widget

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug meks-themeforest-smart-widget (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.5, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.4
Patched Version
  • 1.5

9 other affected software packages

Meks Audio Player

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug meks-audio-player (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.3, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.2
Patched Version
  • 1.3

Meks Easy Ads Widget

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug meks-easy-ads-widget (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.0.8, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 2.0.7
Patched Version
  • 2.0.8

Meks Easy Maps

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug meks-easy-maps (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.1.4, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 2.1.3
Patched Version
  • 2.1.4

Meks Easy Photo Feed Widget

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug meks-easy-instagram-widget (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.2.8, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.2.7
Patched Version
  • 1.2.8

Meks Simple Flickr Widget

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug meks-simple-flickr-widget (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.3, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.2
Patched Version
  • 1.3

Meks Smart Author Widget

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug meks-smart-author-widget (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.1.4, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.1.3
Patched Version
  • 1.1.4

Meks Smart Social Widget

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug meks-smart-social-widget (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.6.1, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.6
Patched Version
  • 1.6.1

Meks Time Ago

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug meks-time-ago (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.1.7, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.1.6
Patched Version
  • 1.1.7

Meks Video Importer

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug meks-video-importer (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.0.11, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.0.10
Patched Version
  • 1.0.11

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