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CVE-2023-47830: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Missing Authorization vulnerability was identified in the WordPress plugin 'Live Preview for Contact Form 7' affecting versions through 1.2.0. The vulnerability was discovered on October 17, 2023, and publicly disclosed on November 16, 2023. This security issue involves broken access control that could allow unauthorized access to certain plugin functionalities (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2023-47830 and received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L. The issue is classified under CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) and involves incorrectly configured access control security levels (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability could potentially allow unprivileged users to execute certain higher privileged actions due to missing authorization, authentication, or nonce token checks (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

As of the latest reports, no official fix is available for this vulnerability. The issue was initially reported by researcher thiennv, and early warning was sent to Patchstack customers on November 16, 2023 (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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