Robots.txt optimization <= 1.4.5 - Cross Site Request Forgery

5.4
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2023-25706
CVSS 5.4 (Medium)
Publicly Published February 14, 2023
Last Updated February 17, 2023
Researcher Abdi Pranata

Description

The Robots.txt optimization plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.4.5. This is due to missing nonce validation on the page function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the settings for the plugin, granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. The impact of this vulnerability is unknown.

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1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug better-robots-txt (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.4.6, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.4.5
Patched Version
  • 1.4.6

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