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TI-2023-01011 Aliases CVE-2023-1068GHSA-pjvw-hfqr-5hxg

Download Read More Excerpt Link <= 1.6.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update

Priority LOW 20CWE-352Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Tampering
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00296 22nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
teckelRead More Excerpt Linkup to 1.6.0—No fix listedCNA
  • Read More Excerpt Link Vendorteckel Affected up to 1.6.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:read_more_excerpt_link_project:read_more_excerpt_link:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*up to 1.6.0VulnerableRead More Excerpt Link Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:read_more_excerpt_link_project:read_more_excerpt_link:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 1.6.0 Vulnerable ·Read More Excerpt Link Project

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-1068
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pjvw-hfqr-5hxg

References

Patch 1

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2024-11671 Minify HTML <= 2.1.10 - - Regular Expressions Denial of Service CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
  • TI-2026-02756 Minify HTML <= 2.1.12 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Plugin Settings Update CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4

Sources

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