CVE-2023-5311 Information

Description

The WP EXtra plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the register() function in versions up to and including 6.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber-level permissions and above to modify the contents of the .htaccess files located in a site’s root directory or /wp-content and /wp-includes folders and achieve remote code execution.

Reference

https://giongfnef.gitbook.io/giongfnef/cve/cve-2023-5311 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2977703/wp-extra https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/87e3dd5e-0d77-4d78-8171-0beaf9482699?source=cve