Starter TemplatesWordPress extension · Brainstormforce
CVE-2023-41804
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 · uneditedServer-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Brainstorm Force Starter Templates — Elementor, WordPress & Beaver Builder Templates.This issue affects Starter Templates — Elementor, WordPress & Beaver Builder Templates: from n/a through 3.2.4.
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 confidenceA Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability exists in the Brainstorm Force Starter Templates plugin for WordPress. The vulnerability allows an attacker to induce the application to make HTTP requests to arbitrary domains, potentially enabling internal service enumeration or data exfiltration.
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
Starter TemplatesWordPress extension
< 3.2.5CVSS 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
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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 the plugin is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'Brainstormforce Starter Templates' or check the file wp-content/plugins/starter-templates/ for existenceAffected if The plugin folder exists in the WordPress installation
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Check the installed versionIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and click on the plugin to view its version, or read the main plugin file header in wp-content/plugins/starter-templates/Affected if The version number displayed is less than 3.2.5 or no version is shown and the plugin appears outdated
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Confirm the plugin is activeIn WordPress admin > Plugins > Installed Plugins, verify the Starter Templates plugin shows as 'Active'Affected if The plugin is active and reachable via web requests
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Inspect network logs for suspicious requestsReview server access logs or web application firewall logs for outgoing HTTP requests from the WordPress server to unusual or internal IP addresses originating from the plugin's endpointsAffected if Outbound requests from the server are being made to arbitrary or internal domains that were not initiated by administrators
You are affected if the Brainstormforce Starter Templates plugin version is below 3.2.5 and the plugin is active on your WordPress site.
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.
dbcve · scoped3.2.5
Upgrade to version 3.2.5 or later. If unable to upgrade immediately, restrict network access to the WordPress instance and monitor for suspicious outbound requests.
3.2.5
- 1. Backup your WordPress site database and files
- 2. Navigate to WordPress admin dashboard > Plugins
- 3. Find the Starter Templates plugin (by Brainstorm Force)
- 4. Click Update Now to upgrade to version 3.2.5 or later
- 5. Verify the update completed successfully
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
Fix this in Starter Templates
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation2.0 h
- Implementation3.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 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-2023-41804 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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