Ovic Responsive WPBakery Plugin up to 1.2.8 on WordPress AJAX Action deserialization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Ovic Responsive WPBakery Plugin up to 1.2.8 on WordPress. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component AJAX Action Handler. Performing a manipulation results in deserialization. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-5235. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Ovic Responsive WPBakery Plugin up to 1.2.8 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). This affects some unknown functionality of the component AJAX Action Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a deserialization vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-502. The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Ovic Responsive WPBakery WordPress plugin before 1.2.9 does not limit which options can be updated via some of its AJAX actions, which may allow attackers with a subscriber+ account to update blog options, such as 'users_can_register' and 'default_role'. It also unserializes user input in the process, which may lead to Object Injection attacks.

The weakness was presented 01/08/2024 by Gibran Abdillah. The advisory is shared at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-5235 since 09/27/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 1.2.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Deserialization
CWE: CWE-502 / CWE-20
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Ovic Responsive WPBakery Plugin 1.2.9

Timelineinfo

09/27/2023 🔍
01/08/2024 +103 days 🔍
01/08/2024 +0 days 🔍
06/11/2025 +520 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Researcher: Gibran Abdillah
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-5235 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-5235
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-249993

Entryinfo

Created: 01/08/2024 20:51
Updated: 06/11/2025 22:14
Changes: 01/08/2024 20:51 (41), 01/25/2024 14:32 (11), 06/11/2025 22:14 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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