# CVE-2023-2496: Go Pricing - WordPress Responsive Pricing Tables <= 3.3.19 - Improper Authorization to Arbitrary File Upload

> Authenticated attackers can upload arbitrary files via improper authorization checks, potentially leading to remote code execution on WordPress sites.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 May 2023
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6c5h-fjmf-jpg3

## What is CVE-2023-2496?

CVE-2023-2496 is a high-severity vulnerability in Granth Go Pricing - WordPress Responsive Pricing Tables, published on 23 May 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Go Pricing - WordPress Responsive Pricing Tables plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary file uploads due to an improper capability check on the 'validate_upload' function in versions up to, and including, 3.3.19. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with a role that the administrator previously granted access to the plugin to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

Weakness: CWE-285 (Improper Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2496?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Granthweb Go Pricing.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-2496?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-2496 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-2496 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2496 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Granth Go Pricing - WordPress Responsive Pricing Tables

- [CVE-2023-2500](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2500/): Go Pricing - WordPress Responsive Pricing Tables <= 3.3.19 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-2498](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2498/): Cross-site scripting in Go Pricing - WordPress Responsive Pricing Tables (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2023-2494](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2494/): Go Pricing - WordPress Responsive Pricing Tables <= 3.3.19 - Missing Authorization to Limited Privilege Granting (medium 4.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-2496 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-2496 is a high-severity vulnerability in Granth Go Pricing - WordPress Responsive Pricing Tables, published on 23 May 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2496 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Granth Go Pricing - WordPress Responsive Pricing Tables. 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-2023-2496/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2496/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2496
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2496
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-2496

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2496/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.