# CVE-2023-2627: KiviCare Management System < 3.2.1 - Subscriber+ Unauthorised AJAX Calls

> Authenticated subscribers can perform unauthorized actions like adding admins or changing settings due to missing authorization checks in AJAX calls.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **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:** 27 Jun 2023
- **Updated:** 3 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mjmv-wghg-gx7m

## What is CVE-2023-2627?

CVE-2023-2627 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown KiviCare, published on 27 Jun 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The KiviCare WordPress plugin before 3.2.1 does not have proper CSRF and authorisation checks in various AJAX actions, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber to call them. Attacks include but are not limited to: Add arbitrary Clinic Admin/Doctors/etc and update plugin's settings

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2627?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Iqonic Kivicare.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-2627?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-2627 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-2627 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-2627 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown KiviCare

- [CVE-2022-0786](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0786/): KiviCare < 2.3.9 - Unauthenticated SQLi (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-2628](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2628/): KiviCare Management System < 3.2.1 - Multiple CSRF (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-11728](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11728/): KiviCare – Clinic & Patient Management System (EHR) <= 3.6.4 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2025-1572](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1572/): SQL injection in KiviCare – Clinic & Patient Management System (EHR) (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-11729](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11729/): KiviCare – Clinic & Patient Management System (EHR) <= 3.6.4 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-2627 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-2627 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown KiviCare, published on 27 Jun 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-2627 exists.

Affected product: Unknown KiviCare. 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-2023-2627/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2627/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2627
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2627
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-2627

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2627/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.