Cross-site request forgery in nik00726 Thumbnail Slider With Lightbox
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
The Thumbnail Slider With Lightbox plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in version 1.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the addedit functionality. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files 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
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-5820
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7mmg-6fhp-9mw2
References
More nik00726 Thumbnail Slider With Lightbox vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-05173 Thumbnail Slider With Lightbox <= 1.0 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Image Title CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2015-08074 Thumbnail Slider With Lightbox <= 1.0.4 - Authenticated (Admin+) SQL Injection CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.9
- TI-2023-05089 Thumbnail Slider With Lightbox <= 1.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2023-5820 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-5820 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7mmg-6fhp-9mw2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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