Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-41683

CVE-2023-41683:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The TelSender WordPress plugin versions 1.14.11 and below contain a Missing Authorization vulnerability, identified as CVE-2023-41683. The vulnerability was discovered by Abdi Pranata and publicly disclosed on September 4, 2023. This security issue affects the plugin's settings update functionality via an AJAX action (WPScan, Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Broken Access Control issue (OWASP Top 10 A5) and is assigned CWE-862. It received a CVSS score of 5.4 (Low severity). The technical issue stems from the plugin's lack of proper authorization checks when updating its settings through an AJAX action (Patchstack).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow any authenticated users, including those with low-privilege roles such as subscribers, to update the plugin's settings. This represents a privilege escalation issue that could potentially affect the plugin's configuration (WPScan).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.14.12 of the TelSender plugin. Site administrators are advised to update to this version or later to remove the vulnerability. Additionally, Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate this issue by blocking potential attacks until users can update to the fixed version (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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