CVE-2023-4209 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The POEditor WordPress plugin before 0.9.8 does not have CSRF checks in various places, which could allow attackers to make logged in admins perform unwanted actions, such as reset the plugin's settings and update its API key via CSRF attacks.

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.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Poeditor	Poeditor

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:poeditor:poeditor:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b2c6fa7d-1b0f-444b-8ca5-8c1c06cea1d9

History

Tue, 10 Nov 2026 21:30:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-08-30T14:22:05.165Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T16:18:32.799Z

Reserved: 2023-08-07T13:52:09.610Z

Link: CVE-2023-4209

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:17:12.079Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-30T15:15:10.047

Modified: 2026-06-17T06:37:19.230

Link: CVE-2023-4209

Redhat

No data.

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