CVE-2023-47187 WordPress Animated Rotating Words plugin <= 5.4 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Attackers can bypass access controls in the Animated Rotating Words WordPress plugin to perform unauthorized actions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-47187?
CVE-2023-47187 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Labib Ahmed Animated Rotating Words, published on 2 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Labib Ahmed Animated Rotating Words css3-rotating-words allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Animated Rotating Words: from n/a through <= 5.4.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-47187?
How do I fix CVE-2023-47187?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-47187 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2023-47187 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-47187 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4gvq-p6q2-68qv.