CVE-2023-7014

Author Box, Guest Author and Co-Authors for Your Posts – Molongui <= 4.7.4 - Information Exposure via ma_debug

2024-01-16 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 4.7.5
Affected Plugin: Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPress
Affected Version: <= 4.7.4
CVSS: 5.3Medium
Weakness type: CWE-359 · Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE: CVE-2023-7014

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At a glance

CVE-2023-7014 is a medium-severity Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in the Molongui Authorship WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 4.7.4. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 4.7.5; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed January 2024, reported by Krzysztof Zając.

Vulnerability Overview

The Author Box, Guest Author and Co-Authors for Your Posts – Molongui plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 4.7.4 via the 'ma_debu' parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including post author emails and names if applicable.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-359: Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor

The product does not properly prevent a person's private, personal information from being accessed by actors who either (1) are not explicitly authorized to access the information or (2) do not have the implicit consent of the person about whom the information is collected.

Remediation

Update to version 4.7.5, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The fix is the thing that ends this: Molongui Authorship 4.7.5 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-7014 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/538e9ce3-2d48-44ad-bd08-8eead3ef15c3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-7014

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Other vulnerabilities in Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPress

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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