CVE-2023-3956

The InstaWP Connect plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data, modification of data and loss of data due to a missing capability check on the 'events_receiver' function in versions up to, and including, 0.0.9.18. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to add, modify or delete post and taxonomy, install, activate or deactivate plugin, change customizer settings, add or modify or delete user including administrator user.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/instawp-connect/tags/0.0.9.18/includes/class-instawp-rest-apis.php#L103	Patch
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2942363/instawp-connect#file5	Patch
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/48e7acf2-61d4-4762-8657-0701910ce69b?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:instawp:instawp_connect:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-07-27 07:15

Updated : 2023-11-07 04:20

NVD link : CVE-2023-3956

Mitre link : CVE-2023-3956

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-3956

JSON object : View

Products Affected

instawp

instawp_connect

CWE

No CWE.

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