CVE-2023-0581
Published: 30 January 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-0581 is a medium-severity Client-Side Enforcement of Server-Side Security (CWE-602) vulnerability in Lcweb Privatecontent. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 23.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-12621
Vulnerability details
The PrivateContent plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to protection mechanism bypass due to the use of client side validation in versions up to, and including, 8.4.3. This is due to the plugin checking if an IP had been blocklist via…
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client-side scripts rather than server-side. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass any login restrictions that may prevent a brute force attack.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.