Molongui <= 4.7.3 — Missing Authorization
CVE-2023-50876Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤4.7.3Update to 4.7.4 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium5.4
- CVSS
- 5.4CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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:LConfidentiality- Low
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?
Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPress molongui-authorship
- Affected≤ 4.7.3
- Patched in4.7.4
Update to 4.7.4 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 4.7.3. Version 4.7.4 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPress.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 4.7.4, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPress to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Abu Hurayra (HurayraIIT).
The Molongui plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification and access of data due to missing capability checks on the authorship_export_options() and authorship_save_options() functions hooked via AJAX in versions up to, and including, 4.7.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to export and modify plugin options.
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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| Medium4.4 | Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤4.6.19Update to 4.6.20 | CVE-2023-39921 |
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 5.4
Record last updated
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