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ghsa-q2c9-497h-wrjr

Vulnerability from github

Published

2023-08-10 12:30

Modified

2024-04-04 06:47

Severity ?

5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Details

The EmbedPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the 'admin_post_remove' and 'remove_private_data' functions in versions up to, and including, 3.8.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber privileges or above, to delete plugin settings.

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    "severity": "MODERATE"
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  "id": "GHSA-q2c9-497h-wrjr",
  "modified": "2024-04-04T06:47:06Z",
  "published": "2023-08-10T12:30:14Z",
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    },
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    },
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    },
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      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2950211/embedpress#file18"
    },
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}

CVE-2023-4282 (GCVE-0-2023-4282)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2023-08-10 11:05

Modified

2025-02-05 19:36

Severity ?

5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

CWE

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Summary

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5fa2ec9e-2859-4a96-9e33-9e22d37e544f?source=cve
	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/3.8.2/EmbedPress/ThirdParty/Googlecalendar/Embedpress_Google_Helper.php#L807
	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/3.8.2/EmbedPress/ThirdParty/Googlecalendar/Embedpress_Google_Helper.php#L801
	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2950211/embedpress#file18

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	wpdevteam	EmbedPress – Embed PDF, YouTube, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia Videos, Audios, Maps & Any Documents in Gutenberg & Elementor	Version: * ≤ 3.8.2

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.

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