Medium severity · published Dec 7, 2023
CVE-2023-5713
The System Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the sd_option_value() function hooked via an AJAX…
4.3
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The System Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the sd_option_value() function hooked via an AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to retrieve potentially sensitive option values, and deserialize the content of those values.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 40% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SD
System Dashboard · Bowo
through 2.8.7 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5713
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5713
Patch
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/system-dashboard/tags/2.8.7/admin/class-system-dashboard-admin.php#L6341
Patch
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/system-dashboard/tags/2.8.8/admin/class-system-dashboard-admin.php#L6357
research.cleantalk.org
https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2023-5713/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e9d1a33b-2518-48f7-90b6-a94a34473d1e?source=cve
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