CVE-2023-52129 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-52129: WordPress teachPress Plugin <= 9.0.4 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Vendor Michael Winkler

Product teachPress

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published January 5, 2024

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

6.3/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction Required

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Michael Winkler teachPress.This issue affects teachPress: from n/a through 9.0.4.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

teachPress versions up to 9.0.4 are vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. An attacker can craft a malicious webpage that, when visited by a logged-in site administrator, performs unwanted actions on the site without their knowledge. The vulnerability requires the victim to visit the attacker's page while authenticated to teachPress. Update to version 9.0.5 or later to resolve this issue.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Perform unwanted actions on the site by tricking an authenticated admin into visiting a malicious webpage.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Administrators could unknowingly authorize changes, create accounts, or modify site settings via CSRF attacks.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Victim must be logged into teachPress and visit attacker-controlled webpage; no special privileges required.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

January 5, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52129 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/352.html AskarLabs — CWE-352 write-up Cross-Site Request Forgery

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