Simple Giveaways <= 2.46.0 - Missing Authorization via AJAX actions

2023-07-04 00:00

Nguyen Anh Tien

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.46.1

Affected PluginSimple Giveaways – Grow your business, email lists and traffic with contests

Affected Version<= 2.46.0

CVSS6.5Medium

CVECVE-2023-23893

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Vulnerability Overview

The Simple Giveaways plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized actions due to a missing capability check on several AJAX actions in versions up to, and including, 2.46.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform unauthorized actions allowing them to see available giveaways, save plugin settings, end giveaways and select winners among other things.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.46.1, 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-2023-23893 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/721f8943-5d59-41ee-935e-999dff2e590d

CVSS Vector

6.5

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

Base

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

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