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The Easy Social Feed plugin for WordPress (CVE-2023-6883) contains a vulnerability related to unauthorized modification of data due to missing capability checks on multiple AJAX functions in versions up to and including 6.5.2. This vulnerability was disclosed and affects the plugin's data handling capabilities (NVD).
The vulnerability stems from missing capability checks on multiple AJAX functions within the plugin. This security flaw allows authenticated users with subscriber-level access or higher to perform unauthorized actions. The vulnerability 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 (NVD).
The vulnerability enables authenticated attackers with subscriber-level privileges or higher to perform unauthorized modifications to the plugin's configuration. Specifically, attackers can modify the plugin's Facebook and Instagram access tokens and update group IDs, potentially compromising the integrity of the social feed display and management (NVD).
Users should update the Easy Social Feed plugin to a version newer than 6.5.2 which contains the security fix. The fix has been implemented through a patch that adds proper capability checks to the affected AJAX functions (WordPress Plugin).
Source: This report was generated using AI
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