CVE-2023-6279 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Woostify Sites Library WordPress plugin before 1.4.8 does not have authorisation in an AJAX action, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber to update arbitrary blog options and set them to 'activated' which could lead to DoS when using a specific option name

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

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 0.00101.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Wootsify	Sites Library

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wootsify:sites_library:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-58523	The Woostify Sites Library WordPress plugin before 1.4.8 does not have authorisation in an AJAX action, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber to update arbitrary blog options and set them to 'activated' which could lead to DoS when using a specific option name

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/626bbc7d-0d0f-4418-ac61-666278a1cbdb/

History

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 20:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-01-29T14:44:19.154Z

Updated: 2025-06-02T18:57:30.391Z

Reserved: 2023-11-24T10:41:17.024Z

Link: CVE-2023-6279

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:28:20.402Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-29T15:15:09.343

Modified: 2025-06-02T19:15:24.153

Link: CVE-2023-6279

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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