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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-46154
CVE-2023-46154:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability was identified in E2Pdf – Export To Pdf Tool for WordPress, affecting versions through 1.20.18. The vulnerability was discovered on September 13, 2023, and publicly disclosed on October 17, 2023 (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data). It received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.2 (HIGH) from NVD with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, while Patchstack assigned a score of 6.6 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability could potentially allow a malicious actor to execute code injection, SQL injection, path traversal, or denial of service attacks if a proper POP chain is present. The specific impact varies case by case (Patchstack).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.20.19 of the plugin. Users are advised to update to version 1.20.19 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users have the option to enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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