Plugin Flaw Exposes Password Protected Posts to Unauthorized Access
CVE-2023-6257

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Inline Related Posts
Vendor
CVE Published:
11 April 2024

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

Summary

The Inline Related Posts WordPress plugin before 3.6.0 is missing authorization in an AJAX action to ensure that users are allowed to see the content of the posts displayed, allowing any authenticated user, such as subscriber to retrieve the content of password protected posts

Affected Version(s)

Inline Related Posts 0 < 3.6.0

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-2023-6257 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/19a86448-8d7c-4f02-9290-...
exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

CVSS V3.1

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

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Krzysztof Zając (CERT PL)
WPScan
.