CVE-2023-3947 (GCVE-0-2023-3947)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-07-26 03:34 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:18
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Video Conferencing with Zoom <= 4.2.1 - Sensitive Information Exposure
Summary
The Video Conferencing with Zoom plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure due to hardcoded encryption key on the 'vczapi_encrypt_decrypt' function in versions up to, and including, 4.2.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to decrypt and view the meeting id and password.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-05 18:29 UTC
CWE
- CWE-321 - Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| j_3rk | Video Conferencing with Zoom |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 4.2.1
(semver)
|
guessed |
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