CVE-2023-4687 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Page Builder: Pagelayer WordPress plugin before 1.7.7 doesn't prevent unauthenticated attackers from updating a post's header or footer code on scheduled posts.

Published: 2023-10-16

Score: 6.1 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

Page Builder: Pagelayer

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.3.2`	affected	< 1.7.7

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pagelayer:pagelayer:*:*:*:*:*: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-2023-54538	The Page Builder: Pagelayer WordPress plugin before 1.7.7 doesn't prevent unauthenticated attackers from updating a post's header or footer code on scheduled posts.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00549.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/31596fc5-4203-40c4-9b0a-e8a37faafddd

History

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 17:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Pagelayer Pagelayer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-10-16T19:39:02.568Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T16:13:18.706Z

Reserved: 2023-08-31T19:24:17.644Z

Link: CVE-2023-4687

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:31:06.695Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-16T20:15:16.013

Modified: 2025-04-23T17:16:46.107

Link: CVE-2023-4687

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

No weakness.

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