CVE-2023-1196 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) Free and Pro WordPress plugins 6.x before 6.1.0 and 5.x before 5.12.5 unserialize user controllable data, which could allow users with a role of Contributor and above to perform PHP Object Injection when a suitable gadget is present.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Advancedcustomfields	Advanced Custom Fields

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:advancedcustomfields:advanced_custom_fields::::::wordpress::*
	cpe:2.3:a:advancedcustomfields:advanced_custom_fields::::::wordpress::*

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8e5ec88e-0e66-44e4-bbf2-74155d849ede
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cf376ca2-92f6-44ff-929a-ace809460a33

History

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-502
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-05-02T08:39:29.005Z

Updated: 2025-01-30T14:21:42.963Z

Reserved: 2023-03-06T13:01:50.110Z

Link: CVE-2023-1196

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:40:59.784Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-02T09:15:09.280

Modified: 2025-01-30T15:15:12.527

Link: CVE-2023-1196

Redhat

No data.

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