CVE-2023-47529

Cloud Templates & Patterns collection <= 1.2.2 - Sensitive Information Exposure via Log File

2023-11-07 00:00
Joshua Chan

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 1.2.3
Affected Version
<= 1.2.2
CVSS
5.3Medium
Weakness type
CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE
CVE-2023-47529
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At a glance

CVE-2023-47529 is a medium-severity Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in the Starter Sites & Templates by Neve WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.2.2. 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 1.2.3; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed November 2023, reported by Joshua Chan.

Vulnerability Overview

The Cloud Templates & Patterns collection plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.2 via a log file with a predictable name. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data.

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-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Reaching this weakness in Starter Sites & Templates by Neve <= 1.2.2 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Sensitive information exposure means data the application intended to keep internal is returned to a caller who should not be able to see it.

The disclosed data — credentials, tokens, customer records or internal paths — is usually worth more as material for a follow-up attack than as an end in itself. For Starter Sites & Templates by Neve the fix is 1.2.3: builds <= 1.2.2 are affected, anything from 1.2.3 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 1.2.3, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The fix is the thing that ends this: Starter Sites & Templates by Neve 1.2.3 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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