CVE-2023-6883
Published: 11 January 2024
Summary
CVE-2023-6883 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization (CWE-862) vulnerability in Easysocialfeed Easy Social Feed. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 31.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-59087
Vulnerability details
The Easy Social Feed plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on multiple AJAX functions in all versions up to, and including, 6.5.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with…
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subscriber-level access and above, to perform unauthorized actions, such as modifying the plugin's Facebook and Instagram access tokens and updating group IDs.
- 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.
Requiring attribute association with information prevents authorization from being performed without necessary security or privacy context.
Assessments review permission assignments on critical resources to confirm correctness, mitigating exploitation via incorrect permissions.
Requires verification that authorization checks are present and operational for protected resources.
Defining and enforcing access restrictions ensures correct permission assignments on resources that support changes.
Tailoring actions include assigning or restricting permissions on critical resources to the minimum necessary for the system's purpose and threat environment.
Requiring documented authorization for system operation and critical functions ensures missing authorization controls are identified and corrected during the approval process.
Program reviews and corrects overly permissive resource assignments that insiders could exploit for unauthorized access.