CVE-2023-6257 (GCVE-0-2023-6257)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-04-11 05:00 – Updated: 2025-03-26 20:47
VLAI?
Title
Inline Related Posts < 3.6.0 - Subscriber+ Password Protected Post Read
Summary
The Inline Related Posts WordPress plugin before 3.6.0 is missing authorization in an AJAX action to ensure that users are allowed to see the content of the posts displayed, allowing any authenticated user, such as subscriber to retrieve the content of password protected posts
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/19a86448-8d7c-4f… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Inline Related Posts Affected: 0 , < 3.6.0 (semver)
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Credits
Krzysztof Zając (CERT PL) WPScan
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