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Ari Stream QuizWordPress extension · Ari Soft

CVE-2023-51487

HIGH · 8.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-03-16
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 1.3.0 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 ARI Soft ARI Stream Quiz.This issue affects ARI Stream Quiz: from n/a through 1.2.32.

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 ARI Stream Quiz plugin allows attackers to induce authenticated users to perform unintended administrative actions by tricking them into submitting malicious requests. The lack of proper CSRF tokens or referer validation on sensitive operations enables attackers to execute actions on behalf of victims. With CVSS 8.8 (HIGH), successful exploitation can lead to quiz configuration changes, data manipulation, or privilege escalation within the plugin.

MitigationImplement anti-CSRF tokens (synchronizer token pattern) on all state-changing operations, add SameSite cookie attributes, and validate request origin/referer headers. Until vendor patch is available, consider disabling the plugin or restricting admin access.

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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
Ari Stream QuizWordPress extension
Affected:< 1.3.0

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 Ari Stream Quiz plugin is installed
    Check the WordPress plugin directory for 'ari-stream-quiz' folder, or look in wp-content/plugins/ for the plugin directory, or check via WordPress admin under Plugins > Installed Plugins
    Affected if Plugin is present in the WordPress installation
  2. Determine installed plugin version
    Check the main plugin PHP file header for 'Version:' comment, or view plugin details in WordPress admin Plugins page, or check the plugin's readme.txt file
    Affected if Version is displayed as less than 1.3.0 or if no version is visible in versions prior to 1.3.0
  3. Confirm CSRF protection is missing on admin actions
    Inspect the plugin's admin PHP files (particularly in includes/ or admin/ folders) for form submissions and AJAX actions. Search for presence of wp_nonce_field, wp_verify_nonce, or check_admin_referer function calls on state-changing operations like quiz save, delete, or settings update
    Affected if State-changing operations (quiz creation, modification, deletion, settings changes) lack nonce verification code or referer validation

If the Ari Stream Quiz plugin is installed with a version prior to 1.3.0 and contains admin action functions without CSRF token validation, the installation is vulnerable to CVE-2023-51487.

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 1.3.0 or later
Fixed in 1.3.0
Interim mitigation

Implement anti-CSRF tokens (synchronizer token pattern) on all state-changing operations, add SameSite cookie attributes, and validate request origin/referer headers. Until vendor patch is available, consider disabling the plugin or restricting admin access.

Recommended fix High confidence

1.3.0

  1. Log in to the WordPress admin dashboard
  2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins
  3. Find 'ARI Stream Quiz' in the plugin list
  4. Click 'Update now' if an update is available, or manually upload version 1.3.0 if not shown in the repository
  5. Verify the plugin is running version 1.3.0 or later after updating
  6. Test quiz functionality to confirm the update did not break existing features

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

Fix this in Ari Stream Quiz Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation8.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
15.0 hours of engineering $2,650
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