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FKIE_CVE-2023-1022

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-02-28 13:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:26
Severity
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Summary
The WP Meta SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized options update due to a missing capability check on the wpmsGGSaveInformation function in versions up to, and including, 4.5.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access to update google analytics options maintained by the plugin. This vulnerability occurred as a result of the plugin relying on nonce checks as a means of access control, and that nonce being accessible to all authenticated users regardless of role.
References
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2870465/wp-meta-seo/trunk?contextall=1&old=2869205&old_path=%2Fwp-meta-seo%2Ftrunk#file2Patch, Third Party Advisory
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2870465%40wp-meta-seo&new=2870465%40wp-meta-seo&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=Patch
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/702f9d3b-5d33-4215-ac76-9aae3162d775?source=cve
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2870465/wp-meta-seo/trunk?contextall=1&old=2869205&old_path=%2Fwp-meta-seo%2Ftrunk#file2Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2870465%40wp-meta-seo&new=2870465%40wp-meta-seo&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/702f9d3b-5d33-4215-ac76-9aae3162d775Patch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
joomunited wp_meta_seo *
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