CVE-2023-7204
Published: 29 January 2024
Summary
CVE-2023-7204 is a high-severity Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere (CWE-668) vulnerability in Wp-Staging Wp Staging. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Software (T1592.002); ranked at the 44.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-59385
Vulnerability details
The WP STAGING WordPress Backup plugin before 3.2.0 allows access to cache files during the cloning process which provides
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
The vulnerability enables unauthorized remote access to cache files (clone_options.cache, files_to_copy.cache) exposing database names, tables, columns (revealing installed WordPress plugins/software via custom tables), and likely filesystem paths/files to copy, facilitating software discovery and file/directory discovery.
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.
Controls whether organization resources are exposed to external system spheres by permitting or prohibiting their use.
The control ensures information is not released into a security sphere where the recipient lacks matching access authorizations.
The control ensures information resources are not exposed to the incorrect (public) sphere through review and authorization.
Protects against data mining that would expose resources to unauthorized spheres by enforcing detection and controls.
Restricts information flows to ensure resources are not exposed to incorrect or unauthorized spheres.
Controlling internal connections prevents exposure of resources to unintended internal spheres.
Knowing exact processing and storage locations helps avoid exposure of resources to incorrect spheres.
The control prevents exposure of the media resource to the wrong security sphere.