Lead Generated Plugin up to 1.23 on WordPress tve_api_form_submit tve_labels deserialization

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Lead Generated Plugin up to 1.23 on WordPress. Affected by this vulnerability is the function tve_api_form_submit. The manipulation of the argument tve_labels leads to deserialization. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-28667. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Lead Generated Plugin up to 1.23 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin) and classified as critical. This issue affects the function tve_api_form_submit. The manipulation of the argument tve_labels with an unknown input leads to a deserialization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-502. The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Lead Generated WordPress Plugin, version <= 1.23, was affected by an unauthenticated insecure deserialization issue. The tve_labels parameter of the tve_api_form_submit action is passed to the PHP unserialize() function without being sanitized or verified, and as a result could lead to PHP object injection, which when combined with certain class implementations / gadget chains could be leveraged to perform a variety of malicious actions granted a POP chain is also present.

The weakness was shared 03/23/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at tenable.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-28667 since 03/20/2023. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/07/2025).

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-32328). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Lead Generated Plugin

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22
• 1.23

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