CVE-2023-1604 — The Short URL plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery i

The Short URL plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.6.8. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the configuration_page function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to add and import

01What is this vulnerability?

The Short URL plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.6.8. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the configuration_page function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to add and import redirects, including comments containing cross-site scripting as detailed in CVE-2023-1602, granted they can trick a…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
kaizencoders	Short URL	*

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

08Timeline

• Published: 2024-08-17T07:34:24.648Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-19T13:47:59.751Z

09References

• www.wordfence.com — https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b926243c-ed12-4afe-ac7…
• plugins.trac.wordpress.org — https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shorten-url/trunk/shorten-url.php#L32…