Dx Auto Save ImagesWordPress extension · Daxiawp
CVE-2023-40671
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 大侠wp DX-auto-save-images plugin <= 1.4.0 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 大侠wp DX-auto-save-images WordPress plugin versions 1.4.0 and below. The plugin fails to properly validate anti-CSRF tokens on state-changing operations, allowing attackers to trick authenticated administrators into performing unintended actions such as automatically saving external images to the media library.
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
Dx Auto Save ImagesWordPress extension
<= 1.4.0CVSS 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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Verify plugin installation and versionNavigate to WordPress admin dashboard > Plugins > Installed Plugins. Look for 'DX-auto-save-images' or '大侠wp DX-auto-save-images' and note the version number displayed.Affected if Plugin is installed and version is 1.4.0 or lower
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Locate plugin PHP filesAccess the wp-content/plugins/dx-auto-save-images/ directory via file manager or FTP. Identify the main plugin file (usually dx-auto-save-images.php or similar).Affected if Plugin files exist on the server
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Inspect code for nonce validationOpen the main plugin PHP file in a text editor. Search for 'wp_verify_nonce', 'check_ajax_referer', 'check_admin_referer', or 'nonce' strings. Check if these are present in functions that handle image saving or media library operations.Affected if No nonce verification functions are found in the plugin code, or state-changing operations lack nonce validation
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Check AJAX handlers for CSRF protectionLook for add_action('wp_ajax_') calls in the plugin. Examine whether these AJAX endpoints verify nonce tokens before processing requests that modify data (such as saving images to media library).Affected if AJAX handlers that modify data do not validate nonce tokens
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Review form handling for state-changing operationsExamine any forms or POST/GET requests that trigger the automatic image saving feature. Check if these include nonce fields and if those nonces are validated before processing.Affected if Forms performing image saves lack nonce fields or do not validate them server-side
A user is affected if the DX-auto-save-images plugin version 1.4.0 or lower is installed and active, and the plugin code lacks proper nonce validation on its image-saving operations.
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 dataImplement anti-CSRF tokens (nonces) for all form submissions and AJAX requests in the plugin, and validate these tokens on the server side before processing any state-changing operations.
Fix this in Dx Auto Save Images
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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.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-40671 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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