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

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Key Information:

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

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๐Ÿ‘พ Exploit Exists๐ŸŸก 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

Timeline

  • ๐ŸŸก

    Public PoC available

  • ๐Ÿ‘พ

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Krzysztof Zajฤ…c (CERT PL)
WPScan
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