CVE-2023-2279: wordpress wpdirectorykit Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-2279 is a medium (CVSS 5.4) Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in wordpress wpdirectorykit. EPSS estimates a 0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20.2% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 1.2.2.

Timeline

1. 31-08-2023
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 08-04-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The WP Directory Kit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.2.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'admin_page_display' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete or change plugin settings, import demo data, modify or delete Directory Kit related posts and terms via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. Partial patches were made avilable in versions 1.2.0 and 1.2.1 but the issue was not fully patched until 1.2.2

• CWE-352Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)The web application does not, or cannot, sufficiently verify whether a request was intentionally provided by the user who sent the request, which could have originated from an unauthorized actor.