CVE-2023-48284
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 WebToffee Decorator – WooCommerce Email Customizer allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Decorator – WooCommerce Email Customizer: from n/a through 1.2.7.
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 confidenceCSRF vulnerability in WebToffee Decorator – WooCommerce Email Customizer plugin allows attackers to induce authenticated administrators to perform unintended state-changing actions (such as modifying email template settings). The high CVSS score (8.8) reflects the potential for complete compromise of plugin functionality through forged 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<= 1.2.7CVSS 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 WebToffee Decorator plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin > Plugins and look for 'Decorator - WooCommerce Email Customizer' by WebToffee in the installed plugins listAffected if The plugin is installed and active in WordPress
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Check installed plugin versionIn WordPress admin > Plugins, find Decorator - WooCommerce Email Customizer and note the version number displayed below the plugin nameAffected if Version is 1.2.7 or lower (any version <= 1.2.7)
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Confirm state-changing endpoints lack CSRF protectionReview plugin source code for AJAX action handlers and form processing - check if nonce verification or CSRF tokens are present in functions that modify email template settings (files typically in /includes/ or /admin/ directories)Affected if No nonce validation or CSRF token checks found in state-changing operations
You are affected if the WebToffee Decorator plugin version 1.2.7 or lower is installed and active in your WordPress WooCommerce environment
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 dataUpdate to the latest version of Decorator – WooCommerce Email Customizer (beyond 1.2.7) which implements proper anti-CSRF token validation on all state-changing operations. If patching is not possible, disable the plugin until an update is available.
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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-2023-48284 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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