CVE-2023-46087 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-46087: WordPress Who Hit The Page – Hit Counter Plugin <= 1.4.14.3 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Vendor Mahlamusa

Product Who Hit The Page – Hit Counter

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published October 16, 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 Mahlamusa Who Hit The Page – Hit Counter plugin <= 1.4.14.3 versions.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Who Hit The Page – Hit Counter versions up to 1.4.14.3 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 counter without the admin's knowledge. The vulnerability requires the admin to visit the attacker's page while logged into their site.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Perform unwanted actions on the hit counter by tricking a logged-in admin into visiting a malicious webpage.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

An attacker can modify hit counter settings or data if they trick your admin into clicking a malicious link.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

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

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

October 16, 2023 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46087 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-2023-46087

CWE CWE-352

CVSS 4.3 / MEDIUM

Affected versions