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GHSA-9XV5-7PC9-8RR3

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-01-29 15:30 – Updated: 2025-06-02 21:30

Details

The Woostify Sites Library WordPress plugin before 1.4.8 does not have authorisation in an AJAX action, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber to update arbitrary blog options and set them to 'activated' which could lead to DoS when using a specific option name

Severity ?

7.1 (High)


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

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  "aliases": [
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  },
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  "id": "GHSA-9xv5-7pc9-8rr3",
  "modified": "2025-06-02T21:30:24Z",
  "published": "2024-01-29T15:30:29Z",
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    },
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    }
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CVE-2023-6279 (GCVE-0-2023-6279)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-29 14:44 – Updated: 2025-06-02 18:57

Summary

Severity ?

7.1 (High)


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

CWE

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Assigner

WPScan

References

URL

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https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/626bbc7d-0d0f-44…

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Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Unknown	Woostify Sites Library	Affected: 0 , < 1.4.8 (semver)

Credits

Krzysztof Zając (CERT PL) WPScan

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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-9XV5-7PC9-8RR3

CVE-2023-6279 (GCVE-0-2023-6279)

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