vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: taboola: CVE-2023-38398: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Jul 24, 2023 | May 15, 2025 | Apr 30, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jul 24, 2023
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026
Description
The Taboola plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.0.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the admin_taboola_settings() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the plugin's settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Solution
taboola-plugin-cve-2023-38398
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-38398
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ab015cb4-0b1e-40ff-ab9b-6c03eed3142f?source=api-prod
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-42215
- CVE-2023-38398
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2023-38398
- CWE-352
- EUVD-EUVD-2023-42215
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