CVE-2023-7014 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Author Box, Guest Author and Co-Authors for Your Posts – Molongui plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 4.7.4 via the 'ma_debu' parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including post author emails and names if applicable.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00536.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Amitzy	Molongui Authorship

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:amitzy:molongui_authorship:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-59206	The Author Box, Guest Author and Co-Authors for Your Posts – Molongui plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 4.7.4 via the 'ma_debu' parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including post author emails and names if applicable.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3019084/
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/538e9ce3-2d48-44ad-bd08-8eead3ef15c3?source=cve

History

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 22:15:00 +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: 2024-02-05T21:21:44.351Z

Updated: 2025-06-17T21:29:25.280Z

Reserved: 2023-12-20T15:36:22.311Z

Link: CVE-2023-7014

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:50:07.710Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-02-05T22:15:58.943

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:45:02.353

Link: CVE-2023-7014

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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