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CVE-2023-3713

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
18/07/2023
Last modified:
07/11/2023

Description

The ProfileGrid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'profile_magic_check_smtp_connection' function in versions up to, and including, 5.5.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions or above to update the site options arbitrarily. This can be used by attackers to achieve privilege escalation.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
8.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:metagauss:profilegrid:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* 5.5.1 (including)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools