Jetpack <= 12.6.2 — Improper Authorization via WPCom External Media REST endpoints
CVE-2023-47788Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: <12.7Update to 12.7 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-285 Improper Authorization
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics jetpack
- Affected< 12.7
- Patched in12.7
Update to 12.7 or newer.
You are affected if you run < 12.7. Version 12.7 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 12.7, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Rafie Muhammad.
The Jetpack plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the WPCom External Media REST permission_callback function in versions up to and including 12.6.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to import external media even without the upload_files capability.
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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| High7.2 | 16.1.2 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting 16.1 – 16.1.2Update to 16.1.3 | — | |
| Medium6.6 | 16.1.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) PHP Object Injection 16.1 – 16.1.2Update to 16.1.3 | — | |
| Medium6.6 | 16.1.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) PHP Object Injection 16.1 – 16.1.2Update to 16.1.3 | — |
- Medium5.3Missing Authorization
≤16.2Update to 16.3
- Medium5.3Missing Authorization
≤16.2Update to 16.3
- High7.216.1.2 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
16.1 – 16.1.2Update to 16.1.3
- Medium6.616.1.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) PHP Object Injection
16.1 – 16.1.2Update to 16.1.3
- Medium6.616.1.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) PHP Object Injection
16.1 – 16.1.2Update to 16.1.3
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.
- 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.