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CVE-2023-1029

MEDIUM

4.3

Description

The WP Meta SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 4.5.3. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the regenerateSitemaps function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to regenerate Sitemaps via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score4.3

SeverityMEDIUM

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

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published2/24/2023

Last Modified4/8/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

joomunited:wp_meta_seo

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-352CWE-352

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2870465/wp-meta-seo/trunk?contextall=1&old=2869205&old_path=%2Fwp-meta-seo%2Ftrunk#file2(security@wordfence.com)

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/764aec73-f291-4372-9dde-812ffaf025ed?source=cve(security@wordfence.com)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2870465/wp-meta-seo/trunk?contextall=1&old=2869205&old_path=%2Fwp-meta-seo%2Ftrunk#file2(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/764aec73-f291-4372-9dde-812ffaf025ed(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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