CVE-2023-4282 Information

Description

The EmbedPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the ‘admin_post_remove’ and ‘remove_private_data’ functions in versions up to and including 3.8.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber privileges or above to delete plugin settings.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Reference

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2950211/embedpress#file18 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/3.8.2/EmbedPress/ThirdParty/Googlecalendar/Embedpress_Google_Helper.php#L801 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/3.8.2/EmbedPress/ThirdParty/Googlecalendar/Embedpress_Google_Helper.php#L807 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5fa2ec9e-2859-4a96-9e33-9e22d37e544f?source=cve

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

LOW

Base Score

LOW

Base Severity

5.4