CVE-2023-4242
Published: 09 August 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-4242 is a medium-severity Improper Authentication (CWE-287) vulnerability in Full Full - Customer. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 32.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-54113
Vulnerability details
The FULL - Customer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Disclosure via the /health REST route in versions up to, and including, 2.2.3 due to improper authorization. This allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level permissions and above to obtain sensitive…
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information about the site configuration as disclosed by the WordPress health check.
- 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.
Session content review can reveal authentication bypasses or failures in session establishment.
Assessments check authentication mechanisms for correct implementation and effectiveness, reducing successful authentication bypass attempts.
Identity providers centralize and enforce authentication mechanisms, reducing improper authentication.
Enforces correct authorization checks during the identifier assignment process.
Personnel screening, identity verification, and access-agreement requirements support reliable authentication and reduce authentication bypass opportunities.
Decoy authentication surfaces detect bypass attempts and deflect real credential attacks through observable malicious interactions.
Periodic review and update of procedures reduces incorrect authorization implementations over time.
Supervision identifies cases where authorization logic incorrectly permits unauthorized actions.