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CVE-2023-5884: The Word Balloon WordPress plugin before 4.20.3 does not protect some of its actions against CSRF attacks, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to trick a logged in user to delete arbitrary avatars by

medium Affects word-balloon (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29; published ; advisory modified .

The Word Balloon WordPress plugin before 4.20.3 does not protect some of its actions against CSRF attacks, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to trick a logged in user to delete arbitrary avatars by

Package
word-balloon (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<4.20.3
Fixed in
4.20.3
Severity
medium  CVSS 6.5
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (23.7th percentile)
Published
2023-12-04
Source
nvd

References

CWE-352
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