CVE-2023-0876 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The WP Meta SEO WordPress plugin before 4.5.3 does not authorize several ajax actions, allowing low-privilege users to make updates to certain data and leading to an arbitrary redirect vulnerability.

Published: 2023-03-20

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 2.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

WP Meta SEO

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 4.5.3

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:joomunited:wp_meta_seo:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-12867	The WP Meta SEO WordPress plugin before 4.5.3 does not authorize several ajax actions, allowing low-privilege users to make updates to certain data and leading to an arbitrary redirect vulnerability.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02301.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1a8c97f9-98fa-4e29-b7f7-bb9abe0c42ea

History

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Joomunited Wp Meta Seo

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-03-20T15:52:08.281Z

Updated: 2025-02-26T18:48:38.355Z

Reserved: 2023-02-16T22:50:25.786Z

Link: CVE-2023-0876

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:24:34.637Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-20T16:15:12.653

Modified: 2025-02-26T19:15:15.883

Link: CVE-2023-0876

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

No weakness.

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