CVE-2023-5098 (GCVE-0-2023-5098)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-31 13:54 – Updated: 2025-04-23 16:10
VLAI?
Summary
The Campaign Monitor Forms by Optin Cat WordPress plugin before 2.5.6 does not prevent users with low privileges (like subscribers) from overwriting any options on a site with the string "true", which could lead to a variety of outcomes, including DoS.
Severity ?
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3167a83c-291e-43… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Campaign Monitor Forms by Optin Cat Affected: 0 , < 2.5.6 (custom)
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Credits
Francesco Marano WPScan
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