CVE-2023-0498

WP Education < 1.2.7 - Arbitrary Plugin Activation via CSRF

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Published Mar 27, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 4.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

The WP Education WordPress plugin before 1.2.7 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

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

WP Education

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 1.2.7

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:hasthemes:wp_education:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-12546	The WP Education WordPress plugin before 1.2.7 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

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.252% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8fa051ad-5b35-46d8-be95-0ac4e73d5eff

History

Feb 19, 2025 9:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Hasthemes Wp Education

Weaknesses

CWE-352

Sources

CVE record Updated: Feb 19, 2025, 8:22 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published: Mar 27, 2023, 3:37 PM
Updated: Feb 19, 2025, 8:22 PM
Reserved: Jan 25, 2023, 10:07 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 5:10 AM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 5:10 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:25 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Mar 27, 2023, 4:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:25 AM

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