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CVE-2023-6959: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Getwid – Gutenberg Blocks plugin for WordPress (CVE-2023-6959) contains a vulnerability related to unauthorized modification of data, discovered and disclosed in February 2024. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 2.0.3 of the plugin. The issue stems from a missing capability check on the recaptcha_api_key_manage function (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is characterized by a missing authorization check (CWE-862) in the recaptcha_api_key_manage function. This security flaw 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, low attack complexity, and required low privileges (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access or higher to add, modify, or delete the 'Recaptcha Site Key' and 'Recaptcha Secret Key' settings in the WordPress installation (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

A patch has been released to address this vulnerability. Users should upgrade their Getwid – Gutenberg Blocks plugin to a version newer than 2.0.3 (WordPress Patch).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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