CVE-2023-43905 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Incorrect access control in writercms v1.1.0 allows attackers to directly obtain backend account passwords via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2023-10-25

Score: 7.5 High

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

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:writercms:writercms:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2023-48265	Incorrect access control in writercms v1.1.0 allows attackers to directly obtain backend account passwords via unspecified vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

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 0.00082.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/Playful-CR/CVE-paddle-/blob/main/CVE-2023-43905..md

History

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 02:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Writercms Writercms

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-10-25T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-11T19:13:42.428Z

Reserved: 2023-09-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-43905

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T19:52:11.905Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-26T00:15:12.017

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:24:59.447

Link: CVE-2023-43905

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-522

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