CVE-2023-6492

Simple Sitemap <= 3.5.13 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via admin_notices

MEDIUM
4.3
CVSS Score
Published: June 14, 2024 at 03:35 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:50 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSimple Sitemap

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Severity
MEDIUM4.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The Simple Sitemap – Create a Responsive HTML Sitemap plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.13. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation in the 'admin_notices' hook found in class-settings.php. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset the plugin options to a default state via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Simple Sitemap· Dgwyerwordpress-plugin
60%
v ≤ 3.5.13

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

4.3MEDIUMWordfence
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-352

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