CVE-2023-2189 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Elementor Addons, Widgets and Enhancements – Stax plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the toggle_widget function in versions up to, and including, 1.4.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to enable or disable Elementor widgets.

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 0.00049.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Staxwp	Stax

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:staxwp:stax:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

No data.

No data.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-33705	The Elementor Addons, Widgets and Enhancements – Stax plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the toggle_widget function in versions up to, and including, 1.4.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to enable or disable Elementor widgets.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/stax-addons-for-elementor/trunk/core/admin/pages/Widgets.php#L31
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/926550bb-265d-4811-a375-10c47e9fb4d6?source=cve

History

Sat, 21 Dec 2024 00:15:00 +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: 2023-06-09T05:33:24.777Z

Updated: 2024-12-20T23:39:53.787Z

Reserved: 2023-04-19T19:39:11.493Z

Link: CVE-2023-2189

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:12:20.656Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-06-09T06:16:04.750

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:58:06.697

Link: CVE-2023-2189

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2023-2189", "assignerOrgId": "b15e7b5b-3da4-40ae-a43c-f7aa60e62599", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Wordfence", "dateReserved": "2023-04-19T19:39:11.493Z", "datePublished": "2023-06-09T05:33:24.777Z", "dateUpdated": "2024-12-20T23:39:53.787Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "b15e7b5b-3da4-40ae-a43c-f7aa60e62599", "shortName": "Wordfence", "dateUpdated": "2023-06-09T05:33:24.777Z"}, "affected": [{"vendor": "staxwp", "product": "Elementor Addons, Widgets and Enhancements \u2013 Stax", "versions": [{"version": "*", "status": "affected", "lessThanOrEqual": "1.4.3", "versionType": "semver"}], "defaultStatus": "unaffected"}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "The Elementor Addons, Widgets and Enhancements \u2013 Stax plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the toggle_widget function in versions up to, and including, 1.4.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to enable or disable Elementor widgets."}], "references": [{"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/926550bb-265d-4811-a375-10c47e9fb4d6?source=cve"}, {"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/stax-addons-for-elementor/trunk/core/admin/pages/Widgets.php#L31"}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "description": "CWE-862 Missing Authorization"}]}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N", "baseScore": 4.3, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM"}}], "credits": [{"lang": "en", "type": "finder", "value": "Alex Thomas"}], "timeline": [{"time": "2023-03-22T00:00:00.000+00:00", "lang": "en", "value": "Discovered"}, {"time": "2023-04-03T00:00:00.000+00:00", "lang": "en", "value": "Vendor Notified"}, {"time": "2023-06-08T00:00:00.000+00:00", "lang": "en", "value": "Disclosed"}]}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-02T06:12:20.656Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/926550bb-265d-4811-a375-10c47e9fb4d6?source=cve", "tags": ["x_transferred"]}, {"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/stax-addons-for-elementor/trunk/core/admin/pages/Widgets.php#L31", "tags": ["x_transferred"]}]}, {"metrics": [{"other": {"type": "ssvc", "content": {"timestamp": "2024-12-20T23:25:01.374619Z", "id": "CVE-2023-2189", "options": [{"Exploitation": "none"}, {"Automatable": "no"}, {"Technical Impact": "partial"}], "role": "CISA Coordinator", "version": "2.0.3"}}}], "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2024-12-20T23:39:53.787Z"}}]}}

{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2023-2189", "assignerOrgId": "b15e7b5b-3da4-40ae-a43c-f7aa60e62599", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Wordfence", "dateReserved": "2023-04-19T19:39:11.493Z", "datePublished": "2023-06-09T05:33:24.777Z", "dateUpdated": "2024-12-20T23:39:53.787Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "b15e7b5b-3da4-40ae-a43c-f7aa60e62599", "shortName": "Wordfence", "dateUpdated": "2023-06-09T05:33:24.777Z"}, "affected": [{"vendor": "staxwp", "product": "Elementor Addons, Widgets and Enhancements \u2013 Stax", "versions": [{"version": "*", "status": "affected", "lessThanOrEqual": "1.4.3", "versionType": "semver"}], "defaultStatus": "unaffected"}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "The Elementor Addons, Widgets and Enhancements \u2013 Stax plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the toggle_widget function in versions up to, and including, 1.4.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to enable or disable Elementor widgets."}], "references": [{"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/926550bb-265d-4811-a375-10c47e9fb4d6?source=cve"}, {"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/stax-addons-for-elementor/trunk/core/admin/pages/Widgets.php#L31"}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "description": "CWE-862 Missing Authorization"}]}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N", "baseScore": 4.3, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM"}}], "credits": [{"lang": "en", "type": "finder", "value": "Alex Thomas"}], "timeline": [{"time": "2023-03-22T00:00:00.000+00:00", "lang": "en", "value": "Discovered"}, {"time": "2023-04-03T00:00:00.000+00:00", "lang": "en", "value": "Vendor Notified"}, {"time": "2023-06-08T00:00:00.000+00:00", "lang": "en", "value": "Disclosed"}]}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-02T06:12:20.656Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/926550bb-265d-4811-a375-10c47e9fb4d6?source=cve", "tags": ["x_transferred"]}, {"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/stax-addons-for-elementor/trunk/core/admin/pages/Widgets.php#L31", "tags": ["x_transferred"]}]}, {"title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "metrics": [{"other": {"type": "ssvc", "content": {"id": "CVE-2023-2189", "role": "CISA Coordinator", "options": [{"Exploitation": "none"}, {"Automatable": "no"}, {"Technical Impact": "partial"}], "version": "2.0.3", "timestamp": "2024-12-20T23:25:01.374619Z"}}}], "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2024-12-20T23:25:05.523Z"}}]}}

{"configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:staxwp:stax:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "970425F6-58D9-4FB9-8EE9-5DAF827E475E", "versionEndIncluding": "1.4.3", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "The Elementor Addons, Widgets and Enhancements \u2013 Stax plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the toggle_widget function in versions up to, and including, 1.4.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to enable or disable Elementor widgets."}], "id": "CVE-2023-2189", "lastModified": "2024-11-21T07:58:06.697", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "NONE", "baseScore": 4.3, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "LOW", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 2.8, "impactScore": 1.4, "source": "security@wordfence.com", "type": "Secondary"}, {"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "NONE", "baseScore": 4.3, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "LOW", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 2.8, "impactScore": 1.4, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}, "published": "2023-06-09T06:16:04.750", "references": [{"source": "security@wordfence.com", "tags": ["Exploit"], "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/stax-addons-for-elementor/trunk/core/admin/pages/Widgets.php#L31"}, {"source": "security@wordfence.com", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/926550bb-265d-4811-a375-10c47e9fb4d6?source=cve"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Exploit"], "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/stax-addons-for-elementor/trunk/core/admin/pages/Widgets.php#L31"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/926550bb-265d-4811-a375-10c47e9fb4d6?source=cve"}], "sourceIdentifier": "security@wordfence.com", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-862"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}