The Robots.txt optimization plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.4.5. This is due to missing nonce validation on the page function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the settings for the plugin, granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. The impact of this vulnerability is unknown.
CVE-2023-25706 is a medium severity with CVSS 5.4 Cross-Site Request Forgery issue affecting the Plugin Better Robots.txt – AI-Ready Crawl Control & Bot Governance. It affects Versions up to 1.4.5 and is fixed in 1.4.6.
CVE-2023-25706 is tracked for the Plugin Better Robots.txt – AI-Ready Crawl Control & Bot Governance as medium severity with CVSS 5.4. The affected range is Versions up to 1.4.5. Update Better Robots.txt – AI-Ready Crawl Control & Bot Governance to 1.4.6 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
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| Software Slug |
better-robots-txt
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2023-25706 |
| Patched Versions |
1.4.6
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 1.4.5
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