Rus To LatWordPress extension · Rus To Lat Project
CVE-2023-25470
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Anton Skorobogatov Rus-To-Lat plugin <= 0.3 versions.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Rus-To-Lat plugin versions 0.3 and below allows attackers to trick authenticated administrators into performing unintended actions, such as modifying plugin settings or performing administrative tasks without their consent.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Rus To LatWordPress extension
<= 0.3CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify if Rus-To-Lat plugin is installedCheck the WordPress plugins directory at wp-content/plugins/ for a folder named 'rus-to-lat' or similar, or view the installed plugins list in the WordPress admin dashboard under PluginsAffected if The plugin folder exists in wp-content/plugins/ or appears in the WordPress admin plugin list
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Determine the installed plugin versionOpen the main plugin file (usually rus-to-lat.php or index.php inside the plugin folder) and locate the version comment or header (e.g., 'Version: 0.3')Affected if The version listed is 0.3 or any version lower (e.g., 0.2, 0.1)
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Verify the plugin is activeIn the WordPress admin dashboard, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and check if Rus-To-Lat shows as 'Active'Affected if The plugin status shows 'Active' in the WordPress admin panel
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Confirm admin authentication requirement for exploitationCSRF attacks require a logged-in administrator to unknowingly trigger the malicious request; verify that administrator accounts exist and can access the plugin settingsAffected if There are active administrator user accounts on the WordPress site who could potentially be tricked into clicking a malicious link
If the Rus-To-Lat plugin is installed, active, and running version 0.3 or lower, the site is vulnerable to CSRF attacks targeting authenticated administrators.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate the Rus-To-Lat plugin to the latest patched version. If no update is available, disable the plugin and implement anti-CSRF tokens in all state-changing requests as a compensating control.
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Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-25470 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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