CVE-2023-5235 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Ovic Responsive WPBakery WordPress plugin before 1.2.9 does not limit which options can be updated via some of its AJAX actions, which may allow attackers with a subscriber+ account to update blog options, such as 'users_can_register' and 'default_role'. It also unserializes user input in the process, which may lead to Object Injection attacks.

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 0.00874.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Kutethemes	Ovic Responsive Wpbakery

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:kutethemes:ovic_responsive_wpbakery:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/35c9a954-37fc-4818-a71f-34aaaa0fa3db

History

Thu, 14 Nov 2024 18:15:00 +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: 2024-01-08T19:00:36.131Z

Updated: 2025-06-11T17:05:31.530Z

Reserved: 2023-09-27T16:10:04.196Z

Link: CVE-2023-5235

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:52:08.462Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-08T19:15:09.790

Modified: 2025-06-11T17:15:37.917

Link: CVE-2023-5235

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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