CVE-2023-36531
Published: 13 December 2024
Summary
CVE-2023-36531 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization (CWE-862) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 10.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The vulnerability is a missing authorization flaw, tracked as CWE-862, in the LiquidPoll – Advanced Polls for Creators and Brands WordPress plugin. It stems from incorrectly configured access control security levels and affects all versions through 3.3.68, allowing an attacker to bypass intended permission checks.
An authenticated user with low privileges can exploit the issue over the network without user interaction. Successful exploitation yields limited integrity impact, enabling unauthorized modifications while leaving confidentiality and availability unaffected, consistent with the CVSS 4.3 rating.
The Patchstack advisory describes the issue as a broken access control vulnerability in the specified plugin versions and provides a public entry detailing the flaw. No further mitigation details such as specific patch instructions appear in the reference.
EPSS scores remain low, with a modest peak of 0.0627 that has since receded to the current value of 0.0479.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-40480
Vulnerability details
Missing Authorization vulnerability in LiquidPoll LiquidPoll – Advanced Polls for Creators and Brands allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects LiquidPoll – Advanced Polls for Creators and Brands: from n/a through 3.3.68.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Requiring an access control policy ensures authorization checks are defined and applied for critical functions.
Reviews of access controls detect missing authorization checks on critical functions or resources.
Documenting permitted unauthenticated actions prevents missing authorization by making all exceptions explicit and subject to organizational review.
Requiring attribute association with information prevents authorization from being performed without necessary security or privacy context.
Mandating authorization prior to allowing remote connections addresses missing authorization for remote access.
Mandating authorization before wireless connections are allowed prevents missing authorization for wireless access.
The control requires authorization before allowing mobile device connections, directly mitigating missing authorization for system access.
Requiring approvals for account creation and specifying authorizations ensures authorization is not missing for system access.