CVE-2023-5737 WordPress Backup & Migration < 1.4.4 - Subscriber+ Plugin Settings Update

2023-11-2716:22:02

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wordpress

backup

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cve-2023-5737

plugin

settings

update

ajax

requests

authorization

subscriber

role

4.9 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

14.0%

JSON

The WordPress Backup & Migration WordPress plugin before 1.4.4 does not authorize some AJAX requests, allowing users with a role as low as Subscriber to update some plugin settings.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "Unknown",
    "product": "WordPress Backup & Migration",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "semver",
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "1.4.4"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "collectionURL": "https://wordpress.org/plugins"
  }
]