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Meks Smart Social Widget <= 1.6 — Cross-Site Request Forgery via meks_remove_notification

CVE-2023-25989Published · Updated

Action summary

Meks Easy Ads Widget: Affected: ≤2.0.7Update to 2.0.8 or newer

Meks Easy Photo Feed Widget: Affected: ≤1.2.7Update to 1.2.8 or newer

Meks Audio Player: Affected: ≤1.2Update to 1.3 or newer

Meks Simple Flickr Widget: Affected: ≤1.2Update to 1.3 or newer

Meks ThemeForest Smart Widget: Affected: ≤1.4Update to 1.5 or newer

Meks Easy Maps: Affected: ≤2.1.3Update to 2.1.4 or newer

Meks Smart Author Widget: Affected: ≤1.1.3Update to 1.1.4 or newer

Meks Time Ago: Affected: ≤1.1.6Update to 1.1.7 or newer

Meks Video Importer: Affected: ≤1.0.10Update to 1.0.11 or newer

Meks Smart Social Widget: Affected: ≤1.6Update to 1.6.1 or newer

All remediation steps
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Severity
Medium4.3
CVSS
4.3
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:N Privileges required
None
UI:R User interaction
Required
S:U Scope
Unchanged
C:N Confidentiality
None
I:L Integrity
Low
A:N Availability
None
Weakness
CWE-352 CSRF
Required access
No account needed
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
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Am I affected?

Meks Easy Ads Widget meks-easy-ads-widget

  1. Affected≤ 2.0.7
  2. Patched in2.0.8

Update to 2.0.8 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 2.0.7. Version 2.0.8 and later are not affected by this issue.

Meks Easy Photo Feed Widget meks-easy-instagram-widget

  1. Affected≤ 1.2.7
  2. Patched in1.2.8

Update to 1.2.8 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 1.2.7. Version 1.2.8 and later are not affected by this issue.

Meks Audio Player meks-audio-player

  1. Affected≤ 1.2
  2. Patched in1.3

Update to 1.3 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 1.2. Version 1.3 and later are not affected by this issue.

Meks Simple Flickr Widget meks-simple-flickr-widget

  1. Affected≤ 1.2
  2. Patched in1.3

Update to 1.3 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 1.2. Version 1.3 and later are not affected by this issue.

Meks ThemeForest Smart Widget meks-themeforest-smart-widget

  1. Affected≤ 1.4
  2. Patched in1.5

Update to 1.5 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 1.4. Version 1.5 and later are not affected by this issue.

Meks Easy Maps meks-easy-maps

  1. Affected≤ 2.1.3
  2. Patched in2.1.4

Update to 2.1.4 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 2.1.3. Version 2.1.4 and later are not affected by this issue.

Meks Smart Author Widget meks-smart-author-widget

  1. Affected≤ 1.1.3
  2. Patched in1.1.4

Update to 1.1.4 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 1.1.3. Version 1.1.4 and later are not affected by this issue.

Meks Time Ago meks-time-ago

  1. Affected≤ 1.1.6
  2. Patched in1.1.7

Update to 1.1.7 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 1.1.6. Version 1.1.7 and later are not affected by this issue.

Meks Video Importer meks-video-importer

  1. Affected≤ 1.0.10
  2. Patched in1.0.11

Update to 1.0.11 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 1.0.10. Version 1.0.11 and later are not affected by this issue.

Meks Smart Social Widget meks-smart-social-widget

  1. Affected≤ 1.6
  2. Patched in1.6.1

Update to 1.6.1 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 1.6. Version 1.6.1 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Meks Easy Ads Widget.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
  • No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.

What to do

  1. Update to version 2.0.8, or a newer patched version
  2. Update to version 1.2.8, or a newer patched version
  3. Update to version 1.3, or a newer patched version
  4. Update to version 1.3, or a newer patched version
  5. Update to version 1.5, or a newer patched version
  6. Update to version 2.1.4, or a newer patched version
  7. Update to version 1.1.4, or a newer patched version
  8. Update to version 1.1.7, or a newer patched version
  9. Update to version 1.0.11, or a newer patched version
  10. Update to version 1.6.1, or a newer patched version
  11. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  12. Watch Meks Easy Ads Widget to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Muhammad Daffa.

The Meks Smart Social Widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.6. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the meks_remove_notification function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to dismiss admin notices via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

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≤2.0.8Update to 2.0.9
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Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity medium, CVSS 4.3

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record
Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers
Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
CVSS / CWE
National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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