CVE-2023-46618 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Bala Krishna, Sergey Yakovlev Category SEO Meta Tags plugin <= 2.5 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.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Bala-krishna	Category Seo Meta Tags

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:bala-krishna:category_seo_meta_tags:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/category-seo-meta-tags/wordpress-category-seo-meta-tags-plugin-2-5-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:15:00 +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: 2023-11-13T00:46:59.926Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:08:47.218Z

Reserved: 2023-10-24T13:10:12.433Z

Link: CVE-2023-46618

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T20:53:20.778Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-11-13T01:15:07.813

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:28:53.987

Link: CVE-2023-46618

Redhat

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