CVE-2023-1979
WordPress Web Stories Author Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description
The Web Stories for WordPress plugin supports the WordPress built-in functionality of protecting content with a password. The content is then only accessible to website visitors after entering the password. In WordPress, users with the "Author" role can create stories, but don't have the ability to edit password protected stories. The vulnerability allowed users with said role to bypass this permission check when trying to duplicate the protected story in the plugin's own dashboard, giving them access to the seemingly protected content. We recommend upgrading to version 1.32 or beyond commit ad49781c2a35c5c92ef704d4b621ab4e5cb77d68 https://github.com/GoogleForCreators/web-stories-wp/commit/ad49781c2a35c5c92ef704d4b621ab4e5cb77d68
INFO
Published Date :
May 8, 2023, 5:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 1, 2023, 4:58 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
2.8
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
May. 12, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Changed Reference Type https://github.com/GoogleForCreators/web-stories-wp/commit/ad49781c2a35c5c92ef704d4b621ab4e5cb77d68 No Types Assigned https://github.com/GoogleForCreators/web-stories-wp/commit/ad49781c2a35c5c92ef704d4b621ab4e5cb77d68 Patch Changed Reference Type https://github.com/GoogleForCreators/web-stories-wp/releases/tag/v1.32.0 No Types Assigned https://github.com/GoogleForCreators/web-stories-wp/releases/tag/v1.32.0 Release Notes Added CWE NIST CWE-863 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:web_stories:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.32.0
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Exploit Prediction
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0.05 }} -0.00%
score
0.20376
percentile