The Bricks theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.8.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'save_settings' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the theme's settings, including enabling a setting which allows lower-privileged users such as contributors to perform code execution, via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
CVE-2023-3408 is a medium severity with CVSS 4.3 Cross-Site Request Forgery issue affecting the Theme Bricks. It affects Versions up to 1.8.1 and is fixed in 1.8.2.
CVE-2023-3408 is tracked for the Theme Bricks as medium severity with CVSS 4.3. The affected range is Versions up to 1.8.1. Update Bricks to 1.8.2 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Theme |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
bricks
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| CVE | CVE-2023-3408 |
| Patched Versions |
1.8.2
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 1.8.1
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These internal links group the same WordPress theme by CVE, issue type, severity, and patch status so operators and search engines can connect the full vulnerability cluster.
Bricks <= 1.9.6 - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution
Bricks 1.2 - 1.5.3 - Remote Code Execution
Bricks Builder <= 1.12.4 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via `p` Parameter
Bricksbuilder <= 1.9.6.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Privilege Escalation via create_autosave
Bricks 1.0 - 1.5.3 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Content Creation/Modification
Bricks <= 1.10.1 - Authenticated (Bricks Page Builder Access+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Bricks <= 1.8.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via reset_settings
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