CVE-2023-5604 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Asgaros Forum WordPress plugin before 2.7.1 allows forum administrators, who may not be WordPress (super-)administrators, to set insecure configuration that allows unauthenticated users to upload dangerous files (e.g. .php, .phtml), potentially leading to remote code execution.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

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 0.05465.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Asgaros	Asgaros Forum

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:asgaros:asgaros_forum:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-57897	The Asgaros Forum WordPress plugin before 2.7.1 allows forum administrators, who may not be WordPress (super-)administrators, to set insecure configuration that allows unauthenticated users to upload dangerous files (e.g. .php, .phtml), potentially leading to remote code execution.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4ce69d71-87bf-4d95-90f2-63d558c78b69

History

Thu, 05 Jun 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:asgaros:asgaros_forum:-:::::wordpress::
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-11-27T16:22:00.940Z

Updated: 2025-06-05T14:03:11.558Z

Reserved: 2023-10-16T18:22:09.384Z

Link: CVE-2023-5604

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:07:32.119Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-11-27T17:15:09.030

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:42:06.460

Link: CVE-2023-5604

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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