CVEvulnerability

CVE-2023-3999

4.3 MEDIUM Published 2023-08-31 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2023-08-31
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-862

Description

The Waiting: One-click countdowns plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to missing capability checks on its AJAX calls in versions up to, and including, 0.6.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to create and delete countdowns as well as manipulate other plugin settings.

Affected configurations

• plugin waiting (<= 0.6.2)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-862 Missing Authorization weakness

References