PT-2023-25413 · WordPress · Simple Author Box

Dmitriy · Published 2023-08-14 · Updated 2024-04-23 · CVE-2023-3601

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Simple Author Box WordPress plugin versions prior to 2.52

Description The issue is related to the disclosure of arbitrary user information due to a lack of verification of the user ID before outputting information about that user. This can be exploited by users with a role as low as Contributor.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.52, update to version 2.52 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to user information for users with low roles, such as Contributor, until the update is applied.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-3601

Affected Products

Simple Author Box

References · 8

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c0cc513e-c306-4920-9afb-e33d95a7292f · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3601 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-3601 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/68480 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/attritionorg/status/1782796334585532911 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/56453 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1691223577595396096 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1691168754246520832 · Twitter Post