CVE-2023-4916 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Login with phone number WordPress plugin, affecting versions up to and including 1.5.6. This flaw stems from a lack of nonce validation in the 'lwp_update_password_action' function. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), indicating that an unauthenticated attacker could exploit it by tricking an administrator into clicking a malicious link, potentially leading to unauthorized password changes and full compromise of user accounts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.5.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:idehweb:login_with_phone_number:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.