CVE detail
CVE-2023-1889
The Directorist plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to an Insecure Direct Object Reference in versions up to, and including, 7.5.4. This is due to improper validation and authorization checks within the listing_task function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to delete arbitrary posts. Please note CVE-2023-35052 appears to be a duplicate of this issue.
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Buzz score components · mention 11.0 · diversity 5.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
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Evidence
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- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (May 29, 2023 to June 4, 2023)Wordfence
Last week, there were 116 vulnerabilities disclosed in 88 WordPress Plugins and 3 WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 35 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities in this report now to ensure your site is not affected. Our mission with … Read More
vendorwww.wordfence.comJun 8, 2023, 1:39 PM - Critical Security Update: Directorist WordPress Plugin Patches Two High-risk VulnerabilitiesWordfence
Alongside our usual work to discover, report, and remediate vulnerabilities in the WordPress ecosystem, the WordPress Threat Intelligence team has been conducting a deep-dive into WordPress plugin code with the objective of finding methods to bypass authentication and gain elevated privileges in WordPress plugins so we can help developers patch these vulnerabilities before threat actors … Read More
vendorwww.wordfence.comJun 7, 2023, 3:46 PM
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