PT-2023-20979 · WordPress · Groundhogg

István Márton + 1 · Published 2023-05-20 · Updated 2023-05-25 · CVE-2023-2716

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Groundhogg plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.7.9.8

Description The issue allows unauthorized access and modification of data due to a missing capability check on the ajax upload file function. This enables authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access and above to upload a file to a contact and list other uploaded files related to the contact.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 2.7.9.8, consider disabling the ajax upload file function until a patch is available to prevent unauthorized access and data modification.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-2716

Affected Products

Groundhogg

References · 7

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-2716 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2716 · Security Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3c5bde0e-3138-4995-92ae-6deaf6b7be5b?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/64476 · Telegram Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/groundhogg/tags/2.7.9.8/admin/contacts/contacts-page.php#L458 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2914493/groundhogg/tags/2.7.10/admin/contacts/contacts-page.php · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/50841 · Telegram Post