PT-2023-32287 · WordPress · System Dashboard

Dmitry Ignatyev · Published 2023-12-06 · Updated 2023-12-11 · CVE-2023-5714

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 System Dashboard plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.8.7

Description The issue allows unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the sd db specs() function hooked via an AJAX action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to retrieve data key specs.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 2.8.7, update to a version higher than 2.8.7 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the sd db specs() function until a patch is available.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-5714

Affected Products

System Dashboard

References · 9

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/system-dashboard/tags/2.8.8/admin/class-system-dashboard-admin.php#L2949 · Patch
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/system-dashboard/tags/2.8.7/admin/class-system-dashboard-admin.php#L2942 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5714 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5714 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/RedPacketSec/status/1733066598028656921 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/62653 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1732589834018206175 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/53b3ac83-847d-4bd0-a79b-531af266e1b4?source=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1732652519682113721 · Twitter Post