CVE-2023-50902

WordPress New User Approve Plugin <= 2.5.1 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in WPExpertsio New User Approve.This issue affects New User Approve: from n/a through 2.5.1.

Vulnerabilidad de Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) en WPExpertsio New User Approve. Este problema afecta a New User Approve: desde n/a hasta 2.5.1.

The New User Approve plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the admin_notices 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.

*Credits: FearZzZz (Patchstack Alliance)

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-12-15 CVE Reserved
2023-12-26 CVE Published
2024-01-06 EPSS Updated
2024-11-20 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/new-user-approve/wordpress-new-user-approve-plugin-2-5-1-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Wpexperts Search vendor "Wpexperts"		New User Approve Search vendor "Wpexperts" for product "New User Approve"				<= 2.5.1 Search vendor "Wpexperts" for product "New User Approve" and version " <= 2.5.1"		wordpress		Affected