CVE-2023-3998 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The wpDiscuz plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing authorization check on the userRate function in versions up to, and including, 7.6.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to increase or decrease the rating of a post.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Gvectors	Wpdiscuz

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gvectors:wpdiscuz:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpdiscuz/trunk/utils/class.WpdiscuzHelperAjax.php#L886
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9d09bdab-ffab-44cc-bba2-821b21a8e343?source=cve

History

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2023-10-20T07:29:24.732Z

Updated: 2025-02-05T19:05:53.124Z

Reserved: 2023-07-28T18:03:01.833Z

Link: CVE-2023-3998

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:17:10.431Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-20T08:15:12.213

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:18:29.867

Link: CVE-2023-3998

Redhat

No data.

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