CVE-2023-4940
CVSS 3.1 Score 4.3 of 10 (medium)
Details
Summary
CVE-2023-4940 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting the BEAR for WordPress plugin. Versions up to and including 1.1.3.3 are impacted. Attackers can exploit this issue by forging a malicious request and tricking a site administrator into performing an action, such as clicking a link. The woobe_bulkoperations_swap function in the plugin lacks proper nonce validation, allowing the attack to bypass authentication checks and manipulate products. This vulnerability poses a significant risk to WordPress sites running the affected plugin version, and administrators are strongly urged to update to the latest version to mitigate the threat.
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