Permalinks CustomizerWordPress extension · Yasglobalizer
CVE-2023-45103
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 YAS Global Team Permalinks Customizer plugin <= 2.8.2 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 confidenceCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability exists in YAS Global Team Permalinks Customizer plugin versions 2.8.2 and earlier. CSRF attacks exploit the trust a web application places in an authenticated user's browser by tricking them into sending unintended 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
Permalinks CustomizerWordPress extension
<= 2.8.2CVSS 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 the plugin is installedCheck for the existence of the Yasglobalizer Permalinks Customizer plugin directory in wp-content/plugins/ (typically named 'permalinks-customizer' or similar). Use command: ls -la /path/to/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/ | grep -i permalinkAffected if The plugin directory exists in the WordPress plugins folder
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Identify the installed versionCheck the plugin header in the main PHP file (usually in the plugin directory) for the Version field. Common path: wp-content/plugins/permalinks-customizer/permalinks-customizer.php. Open the file and look for 'Version:' in the plugin comment headerAffected if The version displayed is 2.8.2 or lower
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Confirm plugin is activeCheck if the plugin is enabled in WordPress. This can be done via WP-CLI: wp plugin status permalinks-customizer, or by inspecting the wp_options table for active_plugins optionAffected if The plugin shows as 'Active' in WordPress admin or via WP-CLI status command
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Check if admin access is availableVerify WordPress admin functionality is accessible. CSRF attacks require an authenticated admin session to exploit. Confirm the site has an administrator account and admin dashboard is accessible at /wp-admin/Affected if Administrative access to WordPress is available and the plugin exposes state-changing functionality
The environment is affected if the Yasglobalizer Permalinks Customizer plugin version 2.8.2 or lower is installed and active in WordPress, as CSRF vulnerabilities can be exploited against any authenticated admin session making state-changing requests.
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) on all state-changing operations and validate Origin/Referer headers to ensure requests originate from legitimate sources.
Fix this in Permalinks Customizer
Scoped from the published advisory
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- 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-2023-45103 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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