CVE-2023-5454 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Templately WordPress plugin before 2.2.6 does not properly authorize the `saved-templates/delete` REST API call, allowing unauthenticated users to delete arbitrary posts.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Templately	Templately

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:templately:templately:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1854f77f-e12a-4370-9c44-73d16d493685

History

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-11-06T20:40:20.122Z

Updated: 2025-02-26T21:16:22.092Z

Reserved: 2023-10-07T00:58:57.728Z

Link: CVE-2023-5454

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:59:44.749Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-11-06T21:15:09.937

Modified: 2025-02-26T22:15:13.807

Link: CVE-2023-5454

Redhat

No data.

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