CVE-2023-3601 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Simple Author Box WordPress plugin before 2.52 does not verify a user ID before outputting information about that user, leading to arbitrary user information disclosure to users with a role as low as Contributor.

Published: 2023-08-14

Score: 4.3 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

Unknown

Simple Author Box

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 2.52

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:webfactoryltd:simple_author_box:*:*:*:*:*: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-2023-44250	The Simple Author Box WordPress plugin before 2.52 does not verify a user ID before outputting information about that user, leading to arbitrary user information disclosure to users with a role as low as Contributor.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00179.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c0cc513e-c306-4920-9afb-e33d95a7292f

History

Mon, 05 May 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Webfactoryltd Simple Author Box

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-08-14T19:10:21.138Z

Updated: 2025-05-05T15:54:29.987Z

Reserved: 2023-07-10T17:43:18.843Z

Link: CVE-2023-3601

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:01:57.020Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-14T20:15:11.827

Modified: 2025-05-05T16:15:46.370

Link: CVE-2023-3601

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

No weakness.

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