FKIE_CVE-2023-3356

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-08-30 15:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:13
Severity
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Summary
The Subscribers Text Counter WordPress plugin before 1.7.1 does not have CSRF check in place when updating its settings, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them via a CSRF attack, which also lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to the lack of sanitisation and escaping
References
contact@wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/93faad5b-e1e8-4e49-b19e-b91343d68b51Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/93faad5b-e1e8-4e49-b19e-b91343d68b51Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
kreci subscribers_text_counter *
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      ],
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    }
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T06:13:53.073",
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}



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