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GHSA-97WJ-4Q63-7PP6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-10-30 15:30 – Updated: 2023-11-13 15:30

Details

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 ?

9.0 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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  "modified": "2023-11-13T15:30:20Z",
  "published": "2023-10-30T15:30:45Z",
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
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    }
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CVE-2023-5843 (GCVE-0-2023-5843)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-30 13:48 – Updated: 2025-02-05 18:55

Summary

Severity ?

9 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Assigner

Wordfence

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ads-by…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	datafeedrcom	Ads by datafeedr.com	Affected: * , ≤ 1.1.3 (semver)

Credits

Lana Codes

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          },
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Author	Source	Type	Date

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-97WJ-4Q63-7PP6

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

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