CVE-2023-6751 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Hostinger plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin settings update due to a missing capability check on the function publish_website in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to enable and disable maintenance mode.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

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 0.00154.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Hostinger	Hostinger

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:hostinger:hostinger:*:*:*:*:*: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/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3010008%40hostinger%2Ftrunk&old=3010004%40hostinger%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d89cf759-5e5f-43e2-90a9-a8e554653ee1?source=cve

History

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 21:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2024-01-11T08:33:02.388Z

Updated: 2025-06-17T21:09:14.044Z

Reserved: 2023-12-12T20:22:36.491Z

Link: CVE-2023-6751

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-06-17T21:06:34.374Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-11T09:15:51.817

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:44:29.090

Link: CVE-2023-6751

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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