CVE-2023-6638 (GCVE-0-2023-6638)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-11 08:33 – Updated: 2025-06-03 14:08
VLAI?
Summary
The GTG Product Feed for Shopping plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'update_settings' function in versions up to, and including, 1.2.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update plugin settings.
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gutengeek GG Woo Feed for WooCommerce Shopping Feed on Google Facebook and Other Channels Affected: * , ≤ 1.2.4 (semver)
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Credits
István Márton
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