Wp Emoji OneWordPress extension · Monchito
CVE-2023-37991
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 Monchito.Net WP Emoji One plugin <= 0.6.0 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 · moderate confidenceCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Monchito.Net WP Emoji One plugin versions 0.6.0 and below allows remote attackers to trick authenticated administrators into performing unwanted actions through maliciously crafted requests.
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
Wp Emoji OneWordPress extension
<= 0.6.0CVSS 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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Locate the Monchito WP Emoji One plugin filesCheck the WordPress plugins directory (commonly wp-content/plugins/) for a folder named 'monchito-wp-emoji-one', 'wp-emoji-one', or similar emoji-related plugin folder from MonchitoAffected if The plugin folder exists in the WordPress plugins directory
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Identify the installed plugin versionOpen the main plugin PHP file (usually plugin-name.php) and look for the version declaration in the plugin header comment (e.g., 'Version: x.x.x')Affected if The version listed is 0.6.0 or lower
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Confirm the plugin is activeAccess WordPress admin dashboard > Plugins > Installed Plugins and verify if Monchito WP Emoji One is listed as active, or query the wp_options table for the active_plugins optionAffected if The plugin shows as activated on the site
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Verify CSRF protection is missing (optional deeper check)Review the plugin's PHP source code for form submissions and AJAX actions, searching for wp_verify_nonce, wp_nonce_field, or nonce verification functions; absence indicates vulnerabilityAffected if No nonce validation is found in the plugin's form handling or AJAX endpoints
You are affected if the Monchito WP Emoji One plugin is installed, active, and running version 0.6.0 or below on your WordPress site, as the missing CSRF protection allows attackers to trick administrators into performing unintended actions.
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 to a patched version of the plugin when available; otherwise, add WordPress nonce validation to all form submissions and AJAX actions within the plugin to prevent CSRF attacks.
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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-2023-37991 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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