{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-5235 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5235 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-5235 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Unknown Ovic Responsive WPBakery, published on 8 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-5235 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-5235 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Unknown Ovic Responsive WPBakery, published on 8 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-5235 exists.\n\nAffected product: Unknown Ovic Responsive WPBakery. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5235/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5235/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-5235","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5235/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-5235","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-7qh3-wv79-v2r6"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Subscribers can update blog options and trigger object injection via unsafe deserialization in the Ovic Responsive WPBakery plugin.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"deserialization"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"WPScan","cpe":[{"product":"ovic_responsive_wpbakery","vendor":"kutethemes"}],"cvss":{"score":8.8,"severity":"high","source":"cisa-adp","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-502","name":"Deserialization of Untrusted Data"}],"description":"The Ovic Responsive WPBakery WordPress plugin before 1.2.9 does not limit which options can be updated via some of its AJAX actions, which may allow attackers with a subscriber+ account to update blog options, such as 'users_can_register' and 'default_role'. It also unserializes user input in the process, which may lead to Object Injection attacks.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Ovic Responsive WPBakery \u003c 1.2.9 - Subscriber+ Option Update","id":"CVE-2023-5235","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"deserialization","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Infinispan: circular reference on marshalling leads to dos","id":"CVE-2023-5236"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Related Products for WooCommerce \u003c= 3.3.15 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode","id":"CVE-2023-5234"},"products":["Ovic Responsive WPBakery"],"published":"2024-01-08","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"poc","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-06-11","vendors":["Unknown"]},"summary":"Subscribers can update blog options and trigger object injection via unsafe deserialization in the Ovic Responsive WPBakery plugin.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5235/"}