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CVE-2023-5387: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2023-5387 affects the Funnelforms Free plugin for WordPress versions up to and including 3.4. The vulnerability stems from a missing capability check on the fnsf_af2_trigger_dark_mode function, which was discovered and reported by Wordfence (Wordfence Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as an unauthorized modification of data vulnerability due to missing authorization checks (CWE-862). It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 4.3 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N, indicating network accessibility with low attack complexity and requiring low privileges (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level permissions or higher to enable or disable the dark mode plugin setting without proper authorization. While the impact is limited to modifying the dark mode setting, it represents an unauthorized access to administrative functionality (Wordfence Advisory).

Mitigation and workarounds

A patch has been released to address this vulnerability. Website administrators should update the Funnelforms Free plugin to a version newer than 3.4 (WordPress Plugin).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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