CVE-2023-5843

Published Oct 30, 2023

Last updated a year ago

CVSS critical 9.8

Overview

Description: The Ads by datafeedr.com plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in versions up to, and including, 1.1.3 via the 'dfads_ajax_load_ads' function. This allows unauthenticated attackers to execute code on the server. The parameters of the callable function are limited, they cannot be specified arbitrarily.
Source: security@wordfence.com
NVD status: Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 9.8
Impact score: 5.9
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: CRITICAL

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:datafeedr:ads_by_datafeedr.com:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "1B669228-A3A1-40B0-BA1E-735DF2AB1C17",
            "versionEndIncluding": "1.1.3"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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