What is CVE-2023-4276?

CVE-2023-4276 is a high-severity vulnerability in Johnkolbert Absolute Privacy, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-08-10.

How severe is CVE-2023-4276?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-4276 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CSRF in Johnkolbert Absolute Privacy

CVE-2023-4276

The Absolute Privacy plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.1. This is due to missing nonce validation on the 'abpr_profileShortcode' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change user email and password via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.003 (26.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Johnkolbert Absolute Privacy — versions 0
Johnkolbert Absolute_privacy

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-4276?: CVE-2023-4276 is a high-severity vulnerability in Johnkolbert Absolute Privacy, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-08-10.
How severe is CVE-2023-4276?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-4276 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.