CVE-2023-0831 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting the Under Construction plugin for WordPress, versions up to and including 3.96. This flaw stems from inadequate nonce validation within the dismiss_notice function. An unauthenticated attacker could exploit this by tricking a site administrator into clicking a malicious link, leading to the dismissal of plugin notifications. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and resulting in low impact to integrity (dismissing notifications). There is no impact on confidentiality or availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit codes in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. The vulnerability has received minimal community discussion and media coverage, suggesting low public awareness and attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.96CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:webfactoryltd:under_construction:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.