CVE-2023-6048 Estatik Real Estate Plugin < 4.1.1 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Option Update

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Low-privilege users can arbitrarily update site options, potentially causing denial of service or breaking site functionality.

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-2023-6048?

CVE-2023-6048 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Estatik Real Estate Plugin, published on 15 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Estatik Real Estate Plugin WordPress plugin before 4.1.1 does not prevent user with low privileges on the site, like subscribers, from setting any of the site's options to 1, which could be used to break sites and lead to DoS when certain options are reset

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-6048?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Estatik Estatik.

How do I fix CVE-2023-6048?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-6048 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-2023-6048 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-6048 exists.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-g9mm-pm8r-4ggj.

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