CVE-2023-2189

The Elementor Addons, Widgets and Enhancements – Stax plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the toggle_widget function in versions up to, and including, 1.4.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to enable or disable Elementor widgets.

CVSS v3 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/stax-addons-for-elementor/trunk/core/admin/pages/Widgets.php#L31	Exploit
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/926550bb-265d-4811-a375-10c47e9fb4d6?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:staxwp:stax:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-06-09 06:16

Updated : 2023-11-07 04:12

NVD link : CVE-2023-2189

Mitre link : CVE-2023-2189

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-2189

JSON object : View

Products Affected

staxwp

stax

CWE

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

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