CVE-2023-39158 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-39158: WordPress Woocommerce Category Banner Management Plugin <= 2.4.2 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Vendor Thedotstore

Product Banner Management For WooCommerce

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published October 3, 2023

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

4.3/10

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:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in theDotstore Banner Management For WooCommerce plugin <= 2.4.2 versions.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Banner Management For WooCommerce versions up to 2.4.2 contain a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability. An attacker can craft a malicious link or page that, when visited by a logged-in site administrator, performs unwanted actions such as creating, modifying, or deleting banners without the admin's knowledge or consent.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Trick a logged-in admin into performing unwanted banner management actions via a malicious link or page.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Banners could be modified or deleted without authorization, potentially disrupting marketing campaigns or site appearance.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Admin must be logged in and visit attacker-controlled page or click a malicious link.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

October 3, 2023 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-39158 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-2023-39158

CWE CWE-352

CVSS 4.3 / MEDIUM

Affected versions