WordPress plugin
Kanban Boards <= 2.5.21 — Authenticated (Administrator+) Remote Code Execution
CVE-2023-40606Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.5.21No patch available
What to do until a fix ships- Severity
- High7.2
- CVSS
- 7.2CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:HPrivileges required- High
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Kanban Boards for WordPress kanban
- Affected≤ 2.5.21
- PatchedNo fix yet
No patched version available.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.5.21. No fixed version has been released.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Kanban Boards for WordPress.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Kanban Boards for WordPress to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to TomS (Rand0mGen).
The Kanban Boards plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in versions up to, and including, 2.5.21. This allows authenticated attackers with administrator access to execute code on the server.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
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All 6| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization ≤2.5.21No patch available | CVE-2024-37226 | |
| Medium6.1 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ≤2.5.21No patch available | CVE-2024-31103 | |
| Medium4.4 | Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤2.5.20Update to 2.5.21 | CVE-2023-0873 | |
| Medium4.4 | Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤2.5.20Update to 2.5.21 | CVE-2023-34368 | |
| Medium4.4 | Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤2.5.21No patch available | CVE-2023-23884 |
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization
≤2.5.21No patch available
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
≤2.5.21No patch available
- Medium4.4Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤2.5.20Update to 2.5.21
- Medium4.4Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤2.5.20Update to 2.5.21
- Medium4.4Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤2.5.21No patch available
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.2
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.