CVE-2023-0889 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Themeflection Numbers WordPress plugin before 2.0.1 does not have authorisation and CSRF check in an AJAX action, and does not ensure that the options to be updated belong to the plugin. As a result, it could allow any authenticated users, such as subscriber, to update arbitrary blog options, such as enabling registration and set the default role to administrator

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

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 0.00081.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Metagauss	Themeflection Numbers

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:metagauss:themeflection_numbers:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-12878	Themeflection Numbers WordPress plugin before 2.0.1 does not have authorisation and CSRF check in an AJAX action, and does not ensure that the options to be updated belong to the plugin. As a result, it could allow any authenticated users, such as subscriber, to update arbitrary blog options, such as enabling registration and set the default role to administrator

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c39473a7-47fc-4bce-99ad-28d03f41e74e

History

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-04-17T12:17:43.182Z

Updated: 2025-02-06T15:27:40.905Z

Reserved: 2023-02-17T11:21:42.024Z

Link: CVE-2023-0889

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:24:34.701Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-17T13:15:37.997

Modified: 2025-02-06T16:15:32.280

Link: CVE-2023-0889

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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