WPCS Currency Switcher Professional Plugin up to 1.1.9 on WordPress authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in WPCS Currency Switcher Professional Plugin up to 1.1.9 on WordPress. The impacted element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2023-2555. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in WPCS Currency Switcher Professional Plugin up to 1.1.9 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The WPCS – WordPress Currency Switcher Professional plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the create function in versions up to, and including, 1.1.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to create a custom drop-down currency switcher.

The weakness was published 05/13/2023. The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-2555 since 05/05/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not 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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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.9

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.1
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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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

05/05/2023 🔍
05/12/2023 +7 days 🔍
05/13/2023 +0 days 🔍
04/10/2026 +1063 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-2555 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-2555
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-228950

Entryinfo

Created: 05/13/2023 00:59
Updated: 04/10/2026 03:18
Changes: 05/13/2023 00:59 (36), 04/10/2026 03:18 (36)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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