CVE-2023-5843 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Ads by datafeedr.com plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in versions up to, and including, 1.1.3 via the 'dfads_ajax_load_ads' function. This allows unauthenticated attackers to execute code on the server. The parameters of the callable function are limited, they cannot be specified arbitrarily.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

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 0.0914.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Datafeedr	Ads By Datafeedr.com

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:datafeedr:ads_by_datafeedr.com:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ads-by-datafeedrcom/tags/1.1.3/inc/dfads.class.php#L34
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5412fd87-49bc-445c-8d16-443e38933d1e?source=cve

History

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2023-10-30T13:48:58.150Z

Updated: 2025-02-05T18:55:43.185Z

Reserved: 2023-10-30T00:58:44.287Z

Link: CVE-2023-5843

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:14:24.310Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-30T14:15:10.253

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:42:36.820

Link: CVE-2023-5843

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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