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Multiple Themes (Various Versions) - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary Plugin Activation

Wordfence Intelligence > Vulnerability Database > Multiple Themes (Various Versions) - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary Plugin Activation

4.3

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVE	CVE-2023-33923
CVSS	4.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published	May 30, 2023
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Dave Jong - Patchstack

Description

Several themes for WordPress are vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery due to missing nonce validation on the activate_plugin() function called via an AJAX action in various versions of the themes. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to activate arbitrary plugins via a forged request, if they can trick an authenticated user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

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Vulnerability Details for Viral

Viral

Software Type	Theme
Software Slug	viral (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Remediation	Update to version 1.8.1, or a newer patched version
Affected Version	<= 1.8.0
Patched Version	1.8.1

2 other affected software packages

HashOne

Software Type	Theme
Software Slug	hashone (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Remediation	Update to version 1.3.1, or a newer patched version
Affected Version	<= 1.3.0
Patched Version	1.3.1

Viral News

Software Type	Theme
Software Slug	viral-news (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Remediation	Update to version 1.4.6, or a newer patched version
Affected Version	<= 1.4.5
Patched Version	1.4.6

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