Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This affects the wpWax Legal Pages WordPress plugin through version 1.3.8. A targeted authorized WordPress user could be tricked into causing an unintended plugin action. The published scoring indicates limited integrity and availability impact, with no confidentiality impact stated.
Executive priority
Treat this as a moderate WordPress hygiene issue. It is not presented as exploited in the supplied sources, but affected public sites should be inventoried and remediated because CSRF can alter site behavior when a user is tricked.
Technical view
CVE-2023-47824 is a CWE-352 CSRF issue in the legal-pages WordPress plugin. CVSS 3.1 is 5.4: network reachable, low complexity, no attacker privileges, user interaction required, unchanged scope, low integrity impact, low availability impact, and no confidentiality impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to WordPress sites running wpWax Legal Pages, package legal-pages, at version 1.3.8 or earlier. The source bundle does not identify specific vulnerable endpoints, required victim role, or deployment conditions.
Exploitation context
The CVE is not listed as CISA KEV in the supplied data, and the bundle provides no evidence of active exploitation. A plausible attack requires social engineering or a malicious page that causes a victim browser to submit an unintended request.
Researcher notes
The available sources identify the plugin, vulnerability class, version ceiling, and CVSS vector, but not the vulnerable request, nonce failure location, affected roles, proof of concept, or fixed version. Avoid assuming exploitability beyond the CSRF class and stated CVSS impacts.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory WordPress sites for the legal-pages plugin and its installed version.
- Check wpWax or Patchstack guidance for a fixed release or official remediation.
- Upgrade the plugin if a vendor-supported fixed version is available.
- Disable or remove the plugin where it is unused or cannot be remediated.
- Limit administrative access and review users with plugin-management permissions.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether legal-pages is installed on each WordPress property.
- Record installed versions and flag any instance at 1.3.8 or earlier.
- Review vendor and Patchstack advisories for current fixed-version information.
- Check recent administrative changes to legal pages or plugin settings.
- Verify that exposed sites no longer run a vulnerable plugin version.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 5.4 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L2.82.5Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
5.4MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Source materials
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CWE details
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Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.