Forced privileged actions via cross-site request forgery
Published Nov 12, 2023 · Updated Apr 28, 2026
Cross-site request forgery in Jens Törnell WP Page Numbers 0.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to force unwanted privileged actions. Patchstack has not published the affected request handler or the missing anti-CSRF validation operation. Exploitation requires a logged-in privileged user to follow a crafted link, visit a malicious page, or submit an attacker-controlled form; the specific forced action is undisclosed.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site request forgery in Jens Törnell WP Page Numbers 0.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to force unwanted privileged actions. Patchstack has not published the affected request handler or the missing anti-CSRF validation operation. Exploitation requires a logged-in privileged user to follow a crafted link, visit a malicious page, or submit an attacker-controlled form; the specific forced action is undisclosed.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-27623
- Published
- Nov 12, 2023
- Updated
- Apr 28, 2026
- Vendor
- Jens Törnell
- Product
- WP Page Numbers
- Classifications
- CWE-352, CAPEC-62, T1204.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Nov 12, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 28, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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