What is CVE-2023-5884?

CVE-2023-5884 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Back2nature Word Balloon, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-12-04.

How severe is CVE-2023-5884?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-5884 known to be exploited?

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

CSRF in Back2nature Word Balloon

CVE-2023-5884

The Word Balloon WordPress plugin before 4.20.3 does not protect some of its actions against CSRF attacks, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to trick a logged in user to delete arbitrary avatars by clicking a link.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.003 (23.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Back2nature Word_balloon
Unknown Word Balloon — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-5884?: CVE-2023-5884 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Back2nature Word Balloon, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-12-04.
How severe is CVE-2023-5884?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-5884 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.