CVE-2023-3999 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Waiting: One-click countdowns plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to missing capability checks on its AJAX calls in versions up to, and including, 0.6.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to create and delete countdowns as well as manipulate other plugin settings.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Plugin	Waiting

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:plugin:waiting:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/waiting/trunk/waiting.php?rev=2826039
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/293070c8-783f-404d-9250-392713703ce4?source=cve

History

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2023-08-31T05:33:04.838Z

Updated: 2025-02-05T19:34:04.405Z

Reserved: 2023-07-28T20:13:32.968Z

Link: CVE-2023-3999

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:17:10.934Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-31T06:15:10.360

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:18:29.967

Link: CVE-2023-3999

Redhat

No data.

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