CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-2987
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-05-31
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-345
Description
The Wordapp plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to an use of insufficiently unique cryptographic signature on the 'wa_pdx_op_config_set' function in versions up to, and including, 1.6.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to the plugin to change the 'validation_token' in the plugin config, providing access to the plugin's remote control functionalities, such as creating an admin access URL, which can be used for privilege escalation.
Affected configurations
• wordapp wordapp (<= 1.5.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity weakness
References
- https://lana.report/publication/6e779e9a-e0f9-4102-9f0b-ad46e9c4533f/ lana.report
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordapp/trunk/includes/access.php#L28 Patch
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordapp/trunk/includes/config.php#L59 Patch
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordapp/trunk/includes/pdx.php#L64 Patch
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3063322/wordapp plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/80440bfa-4a02-4441-bbdb-52d7dd065a9d?source=cve Third Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordapp/trunk/includes/access.php#L28 Patch
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordapp/trunk/includes/config.php#L59 Patch
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordapp/trunk/includes/pdx.php#L64 Patch
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/80440bfa-4a02-4441-bbdb-52d7dd065a9d?source=cve Third Party Advisory