Video Playlist For YoutubeWordPress extension · Galaxyweblinks
CVE-2023-45653
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 Galaxy Weblinks Video Playlist For YouTube plugin <= 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 Galaxy Wochen Video Playlist For YouTube WordPress plugin allows attackers to trick authenticated administrators into performing unintended actions by tricking their browsers into sending malicious requests to the affected plugin.
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
Video Playlist For YoutubeWordPress extension
<= 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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Confirm the plugin is installedCheck the WordPress plugins directory (wp-content/plugins/) for folders named 'galaxy-weeks-video-playlist', 'galaxy-video-playlist', or 'galaxyweblinks-video-playlist-for-youtube'. You can also list installed plugins via WordPress admin under Plugins > Installed Plugins.Affected if The Galaxy Video Playlist for YouTube plugin appears in the installed plugins list
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Identify the installed versionOpen the main plugin PHP file and locate the plugin header comment containing 'Version:' or check the version displayed in WordPress admin under Plugins > Installed Plugins next to the plugin name.Affected if The installed version is 6.0 or lower (any version up to and including 6.0)
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Inspect plugin code for nonce functionsUsing grep or a file search, scan all PHP files in the plugin folder for the presence of WordPress nonce functions: wp_nonce_field, wp_nonce, check_admin_referer, check_ajax_referer, or verify_nonce. Search for these strings across the entire plugin directory.Affected if The plugin contains no nonce verification functions (wp_nonce_field, check_admin_referer, etc.) in its PHP files
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Review form handlers for CSRF protectionExamine PHP files that handle form submissions (POST/GET requests) - look for action handlers, settings save functions, and any code that modifies plugin data. Verify that these handlers call a nonce verification function before processing the request.Affected if Form handling or state-changing code processes requests without validating a nonce token first
You are affected if the Galaxy Video Playlist for YouTube plugin is installed at version 6.0 or lower AND the plugin code lacks nonce token validation in its form handlers and state-changing 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 dataRemediation requires implementing anti-CSRF nonce tokens on all state-changing forms and actions within the plugin, and validating the Origin/Referer headers on POST requests.
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Scoped from the published advisory
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- 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-2023-45653 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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