Unauthorized Data Modification in WordPress Currency Switcher by WPCS
CVE-2023-2556

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
WPCS – WordPress Currency Switcher Professional
Vendor
CVE Published:
9 June 2023

What is CVE-2023-2556?

The WPCS (WordPress Currency Switcher Professional) plugin has a vulnerability that allows authenticated users, including those with subscriber-level permissions, to exploit a missing capability check. This weakness pertains to the handling of the wpcs_sd_delete action, potentially enabling these users to delete arbitrary custom currency switchers. As a result, this vulnerability poses a risk to site integrity and could disrupt the currency selection functionality on affected sites.

Affected Version(s)

WPCS – WordPress Currency Switcher Professional * <= 1.1.9

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2911049/curr...

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

Alex Thomas
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