Settings modification via missing CSRF nonce validation
Published Jan 29, 2024 · Updated Jun 17, 2025
Cross-site request forgery in WP Social Bookmark Menu 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to change plugin settings via forged requests. The settings handler accepts the flag_save and position POST parameters without validating a WordPress nonce before saving the submitted values. Exploitation requires a logged-in administrator to load attacker-controlled content that submits the request, and the demonstrated consequence is an unauthorized position-setting change.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site request forgery in WP Social Bookmark Menu 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to change plugin settings via forged requests. The settings handler accepts the flag_save and position POST parameters without validating a WordPress nonce before saving the submitted values. Exploitation requires a logged-in administrator to load attacker-controlled content that submits the request, and the demonstrated consequence is an unauthorized position-setting change.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-7074
- Published
- Jan 29, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2025
- Vendor
- Giovambattista Fazioli
- Product
- WP Social Bookmark Menu
- Classifications
- CWE-352, CAPEC-62, T1204.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 29, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 17, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=1.2
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Public exploit references
- WPScan forged settings-request proof of conceptproof of concept · validated
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