CVE-2023-6638 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The GTG Product Feed for Shopping plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'update_settings' function in versions up to, and including, 1.2.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update plugin settings.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00185.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Gutengeek	Gg Woo Feed

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gutengeek:gg_woo_feed:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-58861	The GTG Product Feed for Shopping plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'update_settings' function in versions up to, and including, 1.2.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update plugin settings.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gg-woo-feed/trunk/inc/Admin/Admin.php?rev=2933599#L199
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ce6b9b0a-e82e-459a-bddf-1c9354bcec00?source=cve

History

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2024-01-11T08:33:00.702Z

Updated: 2025-06-03T14:08:44.404Z

Reserved: 2023-12-08T19:41:10.808Z

Link: CVE-2023-6638

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:35:14.859Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-11T09:15:50.920

Modified: 2025-06-03T14:15:39.293

Link: CVE-2023-6638

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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