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Rewterz Threat Advisory – Multiple WordPress Plugins Vulnerabilities

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

CVE-2023-26009 CVSS:9.8

Houzez Login Register plugin for WordPress could allow a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a security misconfiguration. By sending a specially crafted request to the endpoint that listens for account creation requests, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take complete control over the WordPress site.

CVE-2023-26540 CVSS:9.8

Houzez Theme plugin for WordPress could allow a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a security misconfiguration. By sending a specially crafted request to the endpoint that listens for account creation requests, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take complete control over the WordPress site.

CVE-2023-0585 CVSS:4.4

All in One SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability using multiple parameters to inject malicious script into a Web page which would be executed in a victim’s Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the page is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim’s cookie-based authentication credentials.

CVE-2023-0586 CVSS:6.4

All in One SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability using multiple parameters to inject malicious script into a Web page which would be executed in a victim’s Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the page is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim’s cookie-based authentication credentials.

CVE-2023-1029 CVSS:4.3

WP Meta SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery, caused by missing or incorrect nonce validation on the regenerateSitemaps function. By persuading an authenticated user to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could send a malformed HTTP request to regenerate Sitemaps. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform cross-site scripting attacks, Web cache poisoning, and other malicious activities.

CVE-2023-26326 CVSS:9.8

ThemeKraft BuddyForms plugin for WordPress could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an unsafe deserialization in the buddyforms_upload_image_from_url function. By sending specially-crafted input using the “url” parameter, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.

Impact

  • Privilege Escalation
  • Unauthorized Access
  • Cross-Site Scripting

Indicators Of Compromise

CVE

  • CVE-2023-26009
  • CVE-2023-26540
  • CVE-2023-0585
  • CVE-2023-0586
  • CVE-2023-1029
  • CVE-2023-26326

Affected Vendors

WordPress

Affected Products

  • Favethemes Houzez Login Register plugin for WordPress 2.6.3
  • Favethemes Houzez Theme plugin for WordPress 2.7.1
  • WordPress All in One SEO plugin for WordPress 4.1.5.1
  • WordPress All in One SEO plugin for WordPress 4.1.5.2
  • WordPress WP Meta SEO plugin for WordPress 4.4.5
  • WordPress WP Meta SEO plugin for WordPress 4.4.6
  • ThemeKraft BuddyForms plugin for WordPress 2.7.7

Remediation

Upgrade to the latest version of Plugins for WordPress, available from the WordPress Plugin Directory.

Houzez Login Register Plugin

Houzez Theme for WordPress

All in One SEO Plugin

WP Meta SEO plugin

BuddyForms plugin