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CVE-2023-5416: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Funnelforms Free plugin for WordPress (versions up to and including 3.4) contains a vulnerability identified as CVE-2023-5416. This security flaw is characterized by unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the fnsfdeletecategory function. The vulnerability was disclosed on November 22, 2023 (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from a missing capability check in the fnsfdeletecategory function. 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. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) (Wordfence).

Impact

The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level permissions or higher to delete categories within the Funnelforms Free plugin. This unauthorized access to category deletion functionality could lead to data manipulation and potential disruption of form organization (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

A patch has been released to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to update their Funnelforms Free plugin to a version newer than 3.4 (WordPress).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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