CVE-2023-0402 (GCVE-0-2023-0402)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-19 14:07 – Updated: 2025-01-13 17:11
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Summary
The Social Warfare plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on several AJAX actions in versions up to, and including, 4.3.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to delete post meta information and reset network access tokens.
Severity ?
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
warfareplugins Social Sharing Plugin – Social Warfare Affected: * , ≤ 4.3.0 (semver)
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Credits
Marco Wotschka
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