Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Feb 27, 2023· Updated Apr 8, 2026
CVE-2023-1068
CVE-2023-1068
Description
The Download Read More Excerpt Link plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.6.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the read_more_excerpt_link_menu_options() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update he plugin's settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Affected products
1- cpe:2.3:a:read_more_excerpt_link_project:read_more_excerpt_link:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*Range: <=1.6.0
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
3- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2871098/read-more-excerpt-link/trunk/read-more-excerpt-link.phpnvdPatch
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0359434b-9d88-4a40-8e9f-ec354c8de816nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0359434b-9d88-4a40-8e9f-ec354c8de816nvd
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