Authorization Bypass in My YouTube Channel Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2023-0447

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
My YouTube Channel
Vendor
CVE Published:
23 January 2023

What is CVE-2023-0447?

The My YouTube Channel plugin for WordPress has a security vulnerability allowing authenticated users with subscriber-level permissions or higher to bypass authorization checks. This issue arises from a missing capability verification in the clear_all_cache function, enabling these users to clear the plugin's cache, potentially leading to unauthorized access and manipulation of cached data.

Affected Version(s)

My YouTube Channel * <= 3.0.12.1

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&s...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/youtube-channe...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Marco Wotschka
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