Community by PeepSo <= 6.0.9.0 - Missing Authorization to Sensitive Information Exposure

2023-05-05 00:00

Dave Jong

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 6.1.0.0

Affected PluginCommunity by PeepSo – Download from PeepSo.com

Affected Version<= 6.0.9.0

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2023-27630

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Vulnerability Overview

The Community by PeepSo plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in versions up to, and including, 6.0.9.0 due to missing authorization checks on the action_admin_export() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to trigger a system report export and obtain sensitive information about the servers configuration.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 6.1.0.0, 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-2023-27630 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3479e7a4-7719-4438-8bf5-bf9b9990f3f4

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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