Simple URLs <= 117 — Missing Authorization via AJAX actions
CVE-2023-40678Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤117Update to 118 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium4.3
- CVSS
- 4.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Lasso Lite – Affiliate Link Manager, URL Shortener & Link Tracking simple-urls
- Affected≤ 117
- Patched in118
Update to 118 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 117. Version 118 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Lasso Lite – Affiliate Link Manager, URL Shortener & Link Tracking.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 118, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Lasso Lite – Affiliate Link Manager, URL Shortener & Link Tracking to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Rafshanzani Suhada.
The Simple URLs plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized utilization of AJAX functionality due to a missing capability check on its AJAX handler functions in versions up to, and including, 117. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to invoke those functions and change plugin behavior and settings.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 4.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- CVSS / CWE
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