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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-47647
CVE-2023-47647:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A Missing Authorization vulnerability was discovered in LearningTimes BadgeOS WordPress plugin affecting versions through 3.7.1.6. The vulnerability was reported on May 29, 2023, and published on November 7, 2023 (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Broken Access Control issue (CWE-862) with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 4.3 (Medium). The vulnerability vector is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L, indicating it requires low privilege access and can be exploited over the network with low attack complexity (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability allows unprivileged users to execute certain higher privileged actions due to missing authorization, authentication, or nonce token checks in specific functions. The severity is considered low, and the vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited (Patchstack).
Mitigation and workarounds
As of the vulnerability disclosure, no official fix is available for this security issue. Given its low severity impact, virtual patching is deemed unnecessary (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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