CVE-2023-23824 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Auth. SQL Injection (SQLi) vulnerability in WP-TopBar <= 5.36 versions.

Published: 2023-01-23

Score: 6.7 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

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

Bob Goetz

WP-TopBar

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	≤ 5.36

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wp_topbar_project:wp_topbar:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-27910	Auth. SQL Injection (SQLi) vulnerability in WP-TopBar <= 5.36 versions.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00431.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wp-topbar/wordpress-wp-topbar-plugin-5-36-sql-injection?_s_id=cve

History

Wed, 08 Jan 2025 22:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Wp Topbar Project Wp Topbar

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2023-01-23T18:09:36.896Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:08:02.935Z

Reserved: 2023-01-18T09:27:51.559Z

Link: CVE-2023-23824

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:42:26.203Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-23T19:15:11.837

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:46:54.180

Link: CVE-2023-23824

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-89

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