CVE-2023-52146
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2023-52146 is a Sensitive Information Exposure vulnerability affecting the WordPress 404 Solution plugin versions up to and including 2.33.0. The vulnerability was discovered by Joshua Chan and publicly disclosed on December 28, 2023 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-532 (Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File) with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.3 (Medium). The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to access sensitive information through the plugin's log file, which could expose plugin configuration and debug data (WPScan).

Impact

The vulnerability enables malicious actors to view sensitive information that is normally not accessible to regular users. This exposed data could potentially be used to exploit other weaknesses in the system (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 2.33.1 of the 404 Solution plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to remove the vulnerability (Patchstack).

Additional resources


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