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CVE-2023-52187:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The vulnerability (CVE-2023-52187) affects the Image Source Control Lite – Show Image Credits and Captions WordPress plugin in versions up to and including 2.17.0. The issue was discovered by Joshua Chan and publicly disclosed on December 29, 2023. This vulnerability is related to sensitive information exposure through the plugin's log file (Patchstack, WPScan).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as an Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor (CWE-200). It received varying CVSS scores, with NIST assigning a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 7.5 (HIGH) with vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N, while Patchstack assigned a score of 5.3 (MEDIUM) with vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N (Patchstack).
Impact
The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including system and plugin configuration through the plugin's log file (WPScan).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in version 2.17.1 of the Image Source Control plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to remove the vulnerability (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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