CVE-2023-0556 (GCVE-0-2023-0556)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-27 21:08 – Updated: 2025-01-13 17:09
VLAI?
Summary
The ContentStudio plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on several functions in versions up to, and including, 1.2.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to obtain the blog metadata (via the function cstu_get_metadata) that includes the plugin's contentstudio_token. Knowing this token allows for other interactions with the plugin such as creating posts in versions prior to 1.2.5, which added other requirements to posting and updating.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
contentstudio ContentStudio Affected: * , ≤ 1.2.5 (semver)
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Credits
Marco Wotschka
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