CVE-2023-0293 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Mediamatic – Media Library Folders plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on its AJAX actions in versions up to, and including, 2.8.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to change image categories, which it uses to arrange them in folder views.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00037.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Frenify	Mediamatic

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:frenify:mediamatic:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mediamatic/trunk/inc/sidebar.php?rev=2652957#L343
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e5c87ae0-9a53-4292-a4d3-05b3bdb37b71

History

Mon, 13 Jan 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2023-01-13T19:44:45.861Z

Updated: 2025-01-13T17:12:21.237Z

Reserved: 2023-01-13T19:44:42.271Z

Link: CVE-2023-0293

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:02:44.153Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-13T20:15:12.127

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:36:54.707

Link: CVE-2023-0293

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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