WP Meta SEO Plugin up to 4.5.3 on WordPress Post Listing listPostsCategory authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in WP Meta SEO Plugin up to 4.5.3 on WordPress. Impacted is the function listPostsCategory of the component Post Listing Handler. The manipulation results in authorization. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2023-1026. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in WP Meta SEO Plugin up to 4.5.3 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). Affected is the function listPostsCategory of the component Post Listing Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

The WP Meta SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the listPostsCategory function in versions up to, and including, 4.5.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access to get post listings by category as long as those posts are published. This vulnerability occurred as a result of the plugin relying on nonce checks as a means of access control, and that nonce being accessible to all authenticated users regardless of role.

The weakness was disclosed 02/28/2023. The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-1026 since 02/24/2023. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.2
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NVD Base Score: 4.3
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CNA Base Score: 4.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-862 / CWE-863 / CWE-285
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

02/24/2023 🔍
02/28/2023 +4 days 🔍
02/28/2023 +0 days 🔍
04/09/2026 +1136 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 2870465
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-1026 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-1026
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-221952

Entryinfo

Created: 02/28/2023 16:17
Updated: 04/09/2026 06:23
Changes: 02/28/2023 16:17 (49), 03/26/2023 09:20 (1), 04/09/2026 06:23 (25)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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