Author Box, Guest Author and Co-Authors for Your Posts – Molongui <= 4.7.4 — Information Exposure via ma_debug
CVE-2023-7014Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤4.7.4Update to 4.7.5 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium5.3
- CVSS
- 5.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:NIntegrity- None
A:NAvailability- None
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPress molongui-authorship
- Affected≤ 4.7.4
- Patched in4.7.5
Update to 4.7.5 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 4.7.4. Version 4.7.5 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.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 4.7.5, 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 Krzysztof Zając.
The Author Box, Guest Author and Co-Authors for Your Posts – Molongui plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 4.7.4 via the 'ma_debu' parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including post author emails and names if applicable.
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
More in Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPress
All 7| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via Comment href Attribute ≤5.2.12Update to 5.3.0 | CVE-2026-101920 | |
| Medium4.3 | Authenticated (Author+) Insecure Direct Object Reference ≤4.7.7Update to 4.7.8 | CVE-2024-30507 | |
| Medium5.5 | Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤4.7.7Update to 4.7.8 | CVE-2024-29764 | |
| Medium5.4 | Missing Authorization ≤4.7.3Update to 4.7.4 | CVE-2023-50876 | |
| Medium4.4 | Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤4.6.19Update to 4.6.20 | CVE-2023-39921 |
- High7.2Unauthenticated Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via Comment href Attribute
≤5.2.12Update to 5.3.0
- Medium4.3Authenticated (Author+) Insecure Direct Object Reference
≤4.7.7Update to 4.7.8
- Medium5.5Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤4.7.7Update to 4.7.8
- Medium5.4Missing Authorization
≤4.7.3Update to 4.7.4
- Medium4.4Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤4.6.19Update to 4.6.20
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 5.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
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- CVSS / CWE
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