CVE-2023-0502 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the WP News WordPress plugin up to version 1.1.9. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to trick a logged-in administrator into activating arbitrary plugins already present on the blog. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), the vulnerability has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to high integrity impact by enabling malicious plugin activation. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.1.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hasthemes:wp_news:*:*:*:*:*: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:H/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.