CVE-2023-22686 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-22686: WordPress Nice PayPal Button Lite Plugin <= 1.3.5 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Vendor Trinitronic

Product Nice PayPal Button Lite

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published April 23, 2023

Last update April 28, 2026

View on NVD All CVEs

CVSS base score

5.4/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction Required

Confidentiality None

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in TriniTronic Nice PayPal Button Lite plugin <= 1.3.5 versions.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Nice PayPal Button Lite versions up to 1.3.5 are vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. An attacker can craft a malicious webpage that, when visited by a site administrator, performs unwanted actions on the site without their knowledge. The vulnerability requires user interaction—the admin must visit the attacker's page—but can result in unauthorized changes or service disruption.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Trick a site admin into visiting a malicious page that performs unwanted actions on the site without their consent.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

An attacker can modify site settings or data by tricking administrators into visiting malicious links.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Site admin must visit an attacker-controlled webpage while logged into the site.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

April 23, 2023 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22686 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/352.html AskarLabs — CWE-352 write-up Cross-Site Request Forgery

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2023-22686

CWE CWE-352

CVSS 5.4 / MEDIUM

Affected versions