CVE-2023-44998 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in josecoelho, Randy Hoyt, steveclarkcouk, Vitaliy Kukin, Eric Le Bail, Tom Ransom Category Meta plugin plugin <= 1.2.8 versions.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0007.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Randyhoyt	Category Meta

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:randyhoyt:category_meta:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wp-category-meta/wordpress-category-meta-plugin-1-2-8-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2023-10-12T12:10:05.270Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:08:41.262Z

Reserved: 2023-10-02T09:38:28.136Z

Link: CVE-2023-44998

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T20:14:18.192Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-12T13:15:10.163

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:26:12.340

Link: CVE-2023-44998

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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