CVE-2023-4600 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The AffiliateWP for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'affwp_activate_addons_page_plugin' function called via an AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 2.14.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to activate arbitrary plugins.

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 0.00072.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Affiliatewp	Affiliatewp

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:affiliatewp:affiliatewp:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-54453	The AffiliateWP for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'affwp_activate_addons_page_plugin' function called via an AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 2.14.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to activate arbitrary plugins.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://affiliatewp.com/changelog/
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/eab422b8-8cf5-441e-a21f-6a0e1b7642b2?source=cve

History

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 20:15:00 +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: 2023-08-30T11:29:28.920Z

Updated: 2025-02-05T19:34:30.426Z

Reserved: 2023-08-29T13:40:35.456Z

Link: CVE-2023-4600

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:31:06.433Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-30T12:15:09.817

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:35:31.133

Link: CVE-2023-4600

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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