# CVE-2023-5611: Seraphinite Accelerator < 2.20.32 - Unauthorised Settings Reset/Import

> Unauthenticated attackers can reset or import Seraphinite Accelerator settings due to missing authorization checks, potentially disrupting site configuration.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Nov 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8993-7526-7h8g

## What is CVE-2023-5611?

CVE-2023-5611 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Seraphinite Accelerator, published on 27 Nov 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Seraphinite Accelerator WordPress plugin before 2.20.32 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks when resetting and importing its settings, allowing unauthenticated users to reset them

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5611?

It affects 1 product.


Products: S-Sols Seraphinite Accelerator.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-5611?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5611 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-5611 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5611 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Seraphinite Accelerator

- [CVE-2023-49740](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49740/): WordPress Seraphinite Accelerator Plugin <= 2.20.28 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-1568](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1568/): Seraphinite Accelerator <= 2.20.52 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Server-Side Request Forgery in OnAdminApi_HtmlCheck (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2023-5609](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5609/): Seraphinite Accelerator < 2.20.29 - Reflected XSS (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2023-5610](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5610/): Seraphinite Accelerator < 2.20.29 - Authenticated Arbitrary Redirect (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2026-3058](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-3058/): Information disclosure in Seraphinite Accelerator (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-5611 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-5611 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Seraphinite Accelerator, published on 27 Nov 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5611 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Seraphinite Accelerator. 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-2023-5611/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5611/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5611
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5611
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5611

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5611/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.