CVE-2023-5843 (GCVE-0-2023-5843)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-30 13:48 – Updated: 2025-02-05 18:55
VLAI?
Summary
The Ads by datafeedr.com plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in versions up to, and including, 1.1.3 via the 'dfads_ajax_load_ads' function. This allows unauthenticated attackers to execute code on the server. The parameters of the callable function are limited, they cannot be specified arbitrarily.
Severity ?
9 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
datafeedrcom Ads by datafeedr.com Affected: * , ≤ 1.1.3 (semver)
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Credits
Lana Codes
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