CVE-2023-3957

The ACF Photo Gallery Field plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to an insufficient restriction on the 'apg_profile_update' function in versions up to, and including, 1.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions or above, to update the user metas arbitrarily. The meta value can only be a string.

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/navz-photo-gallery/tags/1.9/includes/acf_photo_gallery_save.php#L42	Patch
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2943404/navz-photo-gallery#file0	Patch
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/689511e0-1355-4fcb-8a72-d819abc8e9a3?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:navz:acf_photo_gallery_field:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-07-27 07:15

Updated : 2023-11-07 04:20

NVD link : CVE-2023-3957

Mitre link : CVE-2023-3957

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-3957

JSON object : View

Products Affected

navz

acf_photo_gallery_field

CWE

CWE-863

Incorrect Authorization

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