CVE-2023-3707 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The ActivityPub WordPress plugin before 1.0.0 does not ensure that post contents to be displayed are public and belong to the plugin, allowing any authenticated user, such as subscriber to retrieve the content of arbitrary post (such as draft and private) via an IDOR vector. Password protected posts are not affected by this issue.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

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 0.00146.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Automattic	Activitypub

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:automattic:activitypub:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-44342	The ActivityPub WordPress plugin before 1.0.0 does not ensure that post contents to be displayed are public and belong to the plugin, allowing any authenticated user, such as subscriber to retrieve the content of arbitrary post (such as draft and private) via an IDOR vector. Password protected posts are not affected by this issue.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/541bbe4c-3295-4073-901d-763556269f48

History

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 17:15:00 +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: 2023-10-16T19:39:12.296Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T16:12:12.691Z

Reserved: 2023-07-17T11:44:17.858Z

Link: CVE-2023-3707

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:01:57.518Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-16T20:15:14.883

Modified: 2025-04-23T17:16:38.583

Link: CVE-2023-3707

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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