Improper Access Control in Ovic Responsive WPBakery Plugin
CVE-2023-5235

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Ovic Responsive WPbakery
Vendor
CVE Published:
8 January 2024

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

What is CVE-2023-5235?

The Ovic Responsive WPBakery WordPress plugin versions prior to 1.2.9 contains a significant vulnerability that fails to restrict the options that can be modified through specific AJAX actions. This lack of proper access control enables an attacker, with at least a subscriber-level account, to adjust critical blog settings such as 'users_can_register' and 'default_role'. Furthermore, the plugin's process involves unserializing user input, which could potentially facilitate Object Injection attacks, leading to unauthorized access or manipulation of the WordPress site.

Affected Version(s)

Ovic Responsive WPBakery 0 < 1.2.9

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2023-5235 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/35c9a954-37fc-4818-a71f-...
exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

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