CVE-2023-0502 - WP News <= 1.1.9 - Arbitrary Plugin Activation via CSRF

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MEDIUM

WP News <= 1.1.9 - Arbitrary Plugin Activation via CSRF

Published Mar 27, 2023

6.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.33%

Description

The WP News WordPress plugin through 1.1.9 does not have CSRF check when activating plugins, which could allow attackers to make logged in admins activate arbitrary plugins present on the blog via a CSRF attack

Affected products

Vendor n/a Product WP News Default
affected
- Version
  0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <=1.1.9

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

n/a

WP News

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
0	affected	<=1.1.9

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (1)

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c959f4ce-b6ea-4aee-9a98-aa98d2a62138
exploitvdb-entrytechnical-descriptionThird Party Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c959f4ce-b6ea-4aee-9a98-aa98d2a62138		exploitvdb-entrytechnical-descriptionThird Party Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner WPScan

Published Mar 27, 2023

Updated Feb 19, 2025

Reserved Jan 25, 2023

Link CVE-2023-0502

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated Feb 19, 2025

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2023-0502

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2023-0502