Settings modification via missing nonce validation
Published Oct 16, 2023 · Updated Apr 28, 2026
Cross-site request forgery in Emerson Maningo Sort SearchResult By Title 10.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to change plugin settings. The settings_page handler accepts form-submitted sort preferences without verifying a WordPress nonce, so a forged request updates the stored configuration. Exploitation requires a logged-in administrator to submit the attacker's request, and the demonstrated consequence is limited to changing the plugin's search-order setting.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site request forgery in Emerson Maningo Sort SearchResult By Title 10.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to change plugin settings. The settings_page handler accepts form-submitted sort preferences without verifying a WordPress nonce, so a forged request updates the stored configuration. Exploitation requires a logged-in administrator to submit the attacker's request, and the demonstrated consequence is limited to changing the plugin's search-order setting.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-45639
- Published
- Oct 16, 2023
- Updated
- Apr 28, 2026
- Vendor
- Emerson Maningo
- Product
- Sort SearchResult By Title
- Classifications
- CWE-352, T1204.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Oct 16, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 28, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=n/a <=10.0 changes=[{"at":"11.0","status":"unaffected"}]
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