CVE-2023-4600

Published Aug 30, 2023

Last updated a year ago

CVSS medium 4.3

Overview

Description: The AffiliateWP for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'affwp_activate_addons_page_plugin' function called via an AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 2.14.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to activate arbitrary plugins.
Source: security@wordfence.com
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.3
Impact score: 1.4
Exploitability score: 2.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Severity: MEDIUM

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:affiliatewp:affiliatewp:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "AF166689-7679-41AF-ADA8-D169F2C7E2C9",
            "versionEndIncluding": "2.14.0"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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