{"id":"CVE-2023-0502","aliases":["EUVD-2023-12550","GHSA-8j5r-cjxh-v636"],"status":"published","title":"WP News \u003c= 1.1.9 - Arbitrary Plugin Activation via CSRF","description":"The WP News WordPress plugin through 1.1.9 does not have CSRF check when activating plugins, which could allow attackers to make logged in admins activate arbitrary plugins present on the blog via a CSRF attack","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.00326,"percentile":0.25984,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-352"],"published":"2023-03-27T15:37:29Z","modified":"2026-06-17T05:25:42Z","products":[{"vendor":"hasthemes","product":"wp_news"},{"vendor":"unknown","product":"wp news"}],"references":[{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c959f4ce-b6ea-4aee-9a98-aa98d2a62138","tags":["exploit","vdb-entry","technical-description","x_transferred","Exploit","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0502"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8j5r-cjxh-v636"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-0502","title":"WP News \u003c= 1.1.9 - Arbitrary Plugin Activation via CSRF","description":"The WP News WordPress plugin through 1.1.9 does not have CSRF check when activating plugins, which could allow attackers to make logged in admins activate arbitrary plugins present on the blog via a CSRF attack","status":"published","published":"2023-03-27T15:37:29.087Z","modified":"2025-02-19T20:07:07.974Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"adp"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:35.580545Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2023-12550","description":"The WP News WordPress plugin through 1.1.9 does not have CSRF check when activating plugins, which could allow attackers to make logged in admins activate arbitrary plugins present on the blog via a CSRF attack","status":"published","published":"2023-03-27T15:37:29Z","modified":"2025-02-19T20:07:07Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T20:53:26.792701Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-8j5r-cjxh-v636","title":"The WP News WordPress plugin through 1.1.9 does not have CSRF check when activating plugins,...","description":"The WP News WordPress plugin through 1.1.9 does not have CSRF check when activating plugins, which could allow attackers to make logged in admins activate arbitrary plugins present on the blog via a CSRF attack","status":"published","published":"2023-03-27T18:30:26Z","modified":"2023-04-07T05:07:55Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-352"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:54:27.812339Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2023-0502","description":"The WP News WordPress plugin through 1.1.9 does not have CSRF check when activating plugins, which could allow attackers to make logged in admins activate arbitrary plugins present on the blog via a CSRF attack","status":"published","published":"2023-03-27T16:15:08.937Z","modified":"2026-06-17T05:25:42.023Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:07:50.908252Z"}]}}