CVE-2023-48751

WordPress Participants Database Plugin <= 2.5.5 is vulnerable to Broken Access Control

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

Missing Authorization, Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Roland Barker, xnau webdesign Participants Database allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs, Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Participants Database: from n/a through 2.5.5.

Autorización faltante, vulnerabilidad de Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) en Roland Barker, xnau webdesign La base de datos de participantes permite acceder a la funcionalidad no restringida adecuadamente por las ACL, Cross-Site Request Forgery. Este problema afecta a la base de datos de participantes: desde n/a hasta 2.5.5.

The Participants Database plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized manipulation of data due to a missing capability check on several functions hooked via admin-post in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to add and modify record fields.

*Credits: Yudistira Arya (Patchstack Alliance)

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-11-18 CVE Reserved
2023-11-27 CVE Published
2024-11-20 CVE Updated
2024-12-24 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CWE-862: Missing Authorization

CAPEC

CAPEC-1: Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs
CAPEC-62: Cross Site Request Forgery

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/participants-database/wordpress-participants-database-plugin-2-5-5-broken-access-control-vulnerability	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Xnau Search vendor "Xnau"		Participants Database Search vendor "Xnau" for product "Participants Database"				<= 2.5.5 Search vendor "Xnau" for product "Participants Database" and version " <= 2.5.5"		wordpress		Affected