CVE-2023-48740 WordPress Easy Social Feed plugin <= 6.5.1 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Attackers can bypass access controls in the Easy Social Feed 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-2023-48740?
CVE-2023-48740 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Sajid Javed Easy Social Feed, published on 9 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Sajid Javed Easy Social Feed easy-facebook-likebox allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Easy Social Feed: from n/a through <= 6.5.1.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-48740?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Easysocialfeed Easy Social Feed.
How do I fix CVE-2023-48740?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-48740 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-2023-48740 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-48740 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sajid Javed Easy Social Feed
- CVE-2024-30180 WordPress Easy Social Feed plugin <= 6.5.3 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
- CVE-2024-1278 Cross-site scripting in Easy Social Feed – Social Photos Gallery and Post Feed for WordPress
- CVE-2021-25120 Easy Social Feed < 6.2.7 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2024-1213 Easy Social Feed <= 6.5.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
- CVE-2022-4474 Easy Social Feed – Social Photos Gallery – Post Feed – Like Box < 6.4.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pvx9-87pp-p3xm.