CVE-2023-1549 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Ad Inserter WordPress plugin before 2.7.27 unserializes user input provided via the settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform PHP Object Injection when a suitable gadget is present

Published: 2023-05-15

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: 18.1% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Ad Inserter

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 2.7.27

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ad_inserter_project:ad_inserter:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.18084.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c94b3a68-673b-44d7-9251-f3590cc5ee9e

History

Fri, 24 Jan 2025 21:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Ad Inserter Project Ad Inserter

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-05-15T12:15:30.894Z

Updated: 2025-01-24T20:20:10.676Z

Reserved: 2023-03-21T13:30:49.763Z

Link: CVE-2023-1549

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:49:11.685Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-15T13:15:10.353

Modified: 2025-01-24T21:15:09.820

Link: CVE-2023-1549

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

No weakness.

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