CVE-2023-6492

Impact

The Simple Sitemap – Create a Responsive HTML Sitemap plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.13. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation in the 'admin_notices' hook found in class-settings.php. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset the plugin options to a default state via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Affected packages

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Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3099425/simple-sitemap/trunk/lib/classes/plugin-admin-pages/class-settings.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a228e60c-c91b-4a82-8b05-a0ffaed82524?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3099425/simple-sitemap/trunk/lib/classes/plugin-admin-pages/class-settings.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a228e60c-c91b-4a82-8b05-a0ffaed82524?source=cve