Woostify Sites Library Plugin up to 1.4.7 on WordPress AJAX Action authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Woostify Sites Library Plugin up to 1.4.7 on WordPress. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component AJAX Action Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to authorization. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-6279. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Woostify Sites Library Plugin up to 1.4.7 on WordPress (Software Library). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the component AJAX Action Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

The Woostify Sites Library WordPress plugin before 1.4.8 does not have authorisation in an AJAX action, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber to update arbitrary blog options and set them to 'activated' which could lead to DoS when using a specific option name

The weakness was disclosed 01/29/2024 by Krzysztof Zając. The advisory is available at wpscan.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-6279 since 11/24/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 1.4.8 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-58523). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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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: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Woostify Sites Library Plugin 1.4.8

Timelineinfo

11/24/2023 🔍
01/29/2024 +66 days 🔍
01/29/2024 +0 days 🔍
02/21/2026 +754 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Researcher: Krzysztof Zając
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-6279 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-6279
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-252322
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/29/2024 16:55
Updated: 02/21/2026 06:14
Changes: 01/29/2024 16:55 (41), 02/21/2024 16:31 (11), 06/02/2025 21:28 (16), 06/03/2025 00:44 (1), 02/21/2026 06:14 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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