Description
The Social Warfare plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on several AJAX actions in versions up to, and including, 4.3.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to delete post meta information and reset network access tokens.
Published: 2023-01-19
Score: 5.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-12461 The Social Warfare plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on several AJAX actions in versions up to, and including, 4.3.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to delete post meta information and reset network access tokens.
History

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Social Warfare <= 4.3.0 - Missing Authorization
Weaknesses CWE-862
References

Mon, 13 Jan 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Warfareplugins Social Warfare
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T16:51:04.230Z

Reserved: 2023-01-19T14:06:58.319Z

Link: CVE-2023-0402

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:10:55.925Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-19T15:15:13.813

Modified: 2026-04-08T18:17:42.207

Link: CVE-2023-0402

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses