# CVE-2023-0402: Social Warfare <= 4.3.0 - Missing Authorization

> Authenticated subscribers can delete post meta and reset network tokens due to missing capability checks in the Social Warfare WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Jan 2023
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8w9m-69wv-wgjm

## What is CVE-2023-0402?

CVE-2023-0402 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in warfareplugins Social Sharing Plugin – Social Warfare, published on 19 Jan 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Social Warfare plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on several AJAX actions in versions up to, and including, 4.3.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to delete post meta information and reset network access tokens.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-0402?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Warfareplugins Social Warfare.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-0402?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-0402 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-0402 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-0402 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in warfareplugins Social Sharing Plugin – Social Warfare

- [CVE-2019-9978](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-9978/): WordPress Social Warfare Plugin Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 6.1, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-4434](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-4434/): Social Warfare <= 3.5.2 - Remote Code Execution (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2023-4842](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4842/): Cross-site scripting in Social Sharing Plugin – Social Warfare (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2023-0403](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0403/): Social Warfare <= 4.3.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-0402 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-0402 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in warfareplugins Social Sharing Plugin – Social Warfare, published on 19 Jan 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-0402 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: warfareplugins Social Sharing Plugin – Social Warfare. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0402/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0402/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0402
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0402
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-0402

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0402/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.