# CVE-2023-1865: YourChannel <= 1.2.3 - Missing Authorization to Plugin Settings Reset

> Unauthenticated attackers can delete YouTube channels by resetting plugin settings due to missing capability checks in the YourChannel WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Apr 2023
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5c8g-9448-5x46

## What is CVE-2023-1865?

CVE-2023-1865 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in pluginbuilders YourChannel: Everything you want in a YouTube plugin., published on 5 Apr 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The YourChannel plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check when  resetting plugin settings via the yrc_nuke GET parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.2.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete YouTube channels from the plugin.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-1865?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Plugin Yourchannel.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-1865?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-1865 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-1865 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-1865 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in pluginbuilders YourChannel: Everything you want in a YouTube plugin.

- [CVE-2023-1868](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1868/): YourChannel <= 1.2.3 - Missing Authorization to Plugin Cache Reset (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-1869](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1869/): YourChannel <= 1.2.5 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 5.5)
- [CVE-2023-1866](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1866/): YourChannel <= 1.2.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Plugin Channel Reset (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2023-1867](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1867/): YourChannel <= 1.2.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Plugin Settings Change (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2023-1871](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1871/): YourChannel <= 1.2.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Plugin Language Translation Reset (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-1865 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-1865 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in pluginbuilders YourChannel: Everything you want in a YouTube plugin., published on 5 Apr 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-1865 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: pluginbuilders YourChannel: Everything you want in a YouTube plugin.. 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-2023-1865/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1865/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1865
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1865
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-1865

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1865/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.