Unauthorized Data Modification in wpDiscuz Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2023-3998

5.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Comments – WPdiscuz
Vendor
CVE Published:
20 October 2023

What is CVE-2023-3998?

The wpDiscuz plugin for WordPress contains a vulnerability that allows unauthorized users to manipulate post ratings due to a lack of proper authorization checks in the userRate function. This weakness affects all versions up to and including 7.6.3, enabling malicious actors to either increase or decrease post ratings without authentication, which can lead to misleading user-generated content and compromise the integrity of the platform.

Affected Version(s)

Comments – wpDiscuz * <= 7.6.3

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpdiscuz/trunk...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Vladislav Pokrovsky
.