CVE-2023-4643 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Enable Media Replace WordPress plugin before 4.1.3 unserializes user input via the Remove Background feature, which could allow Author+ users to perform PHP Object Injection when a suitable gadget is present on the blog

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.

The EPSS score is 0.00513.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Enable Media Replace

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 4.1.3

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:shortpixel:enable_media_replace:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

No data.

No data.

Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Shortpixel Subscribe	Enable Media Replace Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-54495	The Enable Media Replace WordPress plugin before 4.1.3 unserializes user input via the Remove Background feature, which could allow Author+ users to perform PHP Object Injection when a suitable gadget is present on the blog

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d9125604-2236-435c-a67c-07951a1fc5b1

History

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 17:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-10-16T19:38:58.930Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T16:13:57.330Z

Reserved: 2023-08-30T17:58:08.124Z

Link: CVE-2023-4643

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:31:06.549Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-16T20:15:15.743

Modified: 2025-04-23T17:16:45.650

Link: CVE-2023-4643

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

No weakness.

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