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CVE-2023-28696 (GCVE-0-2023-28696)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-12 21:40 – Updated: 2026-04-28 16:08
VLAI
Title
WordPress I Recommend This Plugin <= 3.9.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Summary
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Harish Chouhan, Themeist I Recommend This allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects I Recommend This: from n/a through 3.9.0.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-07-09 18:13 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Harish Chouhan, Themeist I Recommend This Affected: n/a , ≤ 3.9.0 (custom)
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Credits
thiennv (Patchstack Alliance)
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