CVE-2023-1068: Read More Excerpt Link Project Read More Excerpt Link

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Download Read More Excerpt Link plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.6.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the read_more_excerpt_link_menu_options() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update he plugin's settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Affected products

• Read More Excerpt Link Project Read More Excerpt Link: up to and including 1.6.0

Published 2023-02-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.