CVE-2023-3869 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The wpDiscuz plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing authorization check on the voteOnComment function in versions up to, and including, 7.6.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to increase or decrease the rating of a comment.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

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 0.00221.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Gvectors	Wpdiscuz

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gvectors:wpdiscuz:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-44497	The wpDiscuz plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing authorization check on the voteOnComment function in versions up to, and including, 7.6.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to increase or decrease the rating of a comment.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpdiscuz/trunk/utils/class.WpdiscuzHelperAjax.php#L681
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b30ac1b0-eae2-4194-bf8e-ae73b4236965?source=cve

History

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2023-10-20T07:29:28.812Z

Updated: 2025-02-05T19:04:56.250Z

Reserved: 2023-07-24T16:02:28.151Z

Link: CVE-2023-3869

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:08:50.666Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-20T08:15:12.073

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:18:15.133

Link: CVE-2023-3869

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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