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Mediavine Control PanelWordPress extension · Mediavine

CVE-2023-44259

HIGH · 8.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2023-10-10
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 2.10.2 or later.
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95/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges

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 · unedited
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Mediavine Mediavine Control Panel plugin <= 2.10.2 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 confidence

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Mediavine Control Panel plugin for WordPress versions 2.10.2 and below allows remote attackers to induce authenticated administrators to perform unintended actions such as plugin settings changes or administrative operations via maliciously crafted requests.

MitigationUpgrade to a patched version of Mediavine Control Panel plugin; if no patch available, implement anti-CSRF tokens on all state-changing form actions and verify Origin/Referer headers on POST 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
Mediavine Control PanelWordPress extension
Affected:<= 2.10.2

CVSS 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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Verify Mediavine Control Panel plugin is installed
    Log into WordPress admin dashboard and navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. Look for 'Mediavine Control Panel' in the plugin list. Alternatively, check the /wp-content/plugins/ directory for a folder named 'mediavine-control-panel' or similar.
    Affected if The plugin is present in the WordPress installation
  2. Check installed plugin version
    In WordPress admin, click on the Mediavine Control Panel plugin to view its details, which typically displays the version number. Alternatively, open the main plugin file (usually mediavine-control-panel.php or index.php inside the plugin folder) and look for the 'Version' header in the plugin comment block.
    Affected if Version is 2.10.2 or lower (or if version cannot be determined but plugin is installed)
  3. Confirm vulnerability applicability
    This CSRF vulnerability allows maliciously crafted requests to trick authenticated administrators into performing unintended actions. The flaw exists in how the plugin handles state-changing operations without proper anti-CSRF validation. If the plugin is installed and running with an affected version, the vulnerability is present regardless of specific configuration.
    Affected if Plugin is installed and version is <= 2.10.2

User is affected if Mediavine Control Panel plugin for WordPress is installed and its version is 2.10.2 or lower.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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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 · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 2.10.2
Interim mitigation

Upgrade to a patched version of Mediavine Control Panel plugin; if no patch available, implement anti-CSRF tokens on all state-changing form actions and verify Origin/Referer headers on POST requests.

Recommended fix Moderate confidence

2.10.3 or later

  1. 1. Log in to the WordPress admin dashboard where the Mediavine Control Panel plugin is installed.
  2. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins.
  3. 3. Locate the Mediavine Control Panel plugin in the list.
  4. 4. If an update is available, click the 'Update Now' link or button next to the plugin.
  5. 5. Verify the update completes successfully.
  6. 6. Confirm the running version is above 2.10.2 after the update.

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Fix this in Mediavine Control Panel Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation3.0 h
  • Implementation6.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
14.0 hours of engineering $2,490
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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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