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CVE-2023-1347: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2023-1347 is a PHP Object Injection vulnerability affecting the WordPress plugin Customizer Export/Import versions below 0.9.6. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by Nguyen Huu Do on April 17, 2023. This security issue affects WordPress installations using the vulnerable plugin versions (WPScan).

Technical details

The vulnerability occurs when the plugin unserializes user input provided via the settings without proper validation. This insecure deserialization flaw is classified as CWE-502 and falls under the OWASP Top 10 category A8: Insecure Deserialization. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score of 3.3 (low severity) (WPScan).

Impact

When exploited, this vulnerability could allow high-privilege users such as administrators to perform PHP Object Injection when a suitable gadget is present in the system. This could potentially lead to arbitrary code execution within the context of the affected WordPress installation (WPScan).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 0.9.6 of the Customizer Export/Import plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the risk (WPScan, Trustwave).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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