CVE-2023-6598 SpeedyCache <= 1.1.3 - Missing Authorization to Plugin Options Update
Authenticated subscribers can modify SpeedyCache plugin settings due to missing capability checks, allowing unauthorized configuration changes.
- 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-2023-6598?
CVE-2023-6598 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in softaculous SpeedyCache – Cache, Optimization, Performance, published on 11 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The SpeedyCache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the speedycache_save_varniship, speedycache_img_update_settings, speedycache_preloading_add_settings, and speedycache_preloading_delete_resource functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update plugin options.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-6598?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Softaculous Speedycache.
How do I fix CVE-2023-6598?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-6598 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-2023-6598 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6598 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in softaculous SpeedyCache – Cache, Optimization, Performance
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2hq6-33g7-497g.