CVE-2023-45110: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A Missing Authorization vulnerability was identified in BoldThemes Bold Timeline Lite WordPress plugin, tracked as CVE-2023-45110. The vulnerability affects versions through 1.1.9 of the plugin and was discovered on June 25, 2023, with public disclosure occurring on October 6, 2023. The issue relates to incorrectly configured access control security levels in the plugin (Patchstack).

The vulnerability is classified as a Broken Access Control issue, which stems from missing authorization, authentication, or nonce token checks in certain functions. This allows unprivileged users to execute actions typically reserved for users with higher privileges. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a low severity impact (Patchstack).

The security issue has been assessed as having a low severity impact and is considered unlikely to be exploited. The vulnerability could potentially allow subscriber-level users to perform unauthorized actions due to the broken access control implementation (Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.2.0 of the Bold Timeline Lite plugin. Users are advised to update to version 1.2.0 or later to remediate the issue. Additionally, Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate this vulnerability by blocking potential attacks until users can update to the fixed version (Patchstack).