Ad Inserter <= 2.7.30 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via ai-debug-processing-fe

2023-09-22 00:00

Marco Wotschka

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.7.31

Affected PluginAd Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads

Affected Version<= 2.7.30

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2023-4668

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Vulnerability Overview

The Ad Inserter for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in versions up to, and including, 2.7.30 via the ai-debug-processing-fe URL parameter. This can allow unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including installed plugins (present and active), active theme, various plugin settings, WordPress version, as well as some server settings such as memory limit, installation paths.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.7.31, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4668 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ce457c98-c55b-4b71-a80b-393eceb9effd

CVSS Vector

5.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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