CVE-2023-5098 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Campaign Monitor Forms by Optin Cat WordPress plugin before 2.5.6 does not prevent users with low privileges (like subscribers) from overwriting any options on a site with the string "true", which could lead to a variety of outcomes, including DoS.

Published: 2023-10-31

Score: 8.1 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

Unknown

Campaign Monitor Forms by Optin Cat

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 2.5.6

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:fatcatapps:campaign_monitor_optin_cat:*:*:*:*:*: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-2023-57438	The Campaign Monitor Forms by Optin Cat WordPress plugin before 2.5.6 does not prevent users with low privileges (like subscribers) from overwriting any options on a site with the string "true", which could lead to a variety of outcomes, including DoS.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

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 0.00205.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3167a83c-291e-4372-a42e-d842205ba722

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Fatcatapps Campaign Monitor Optin Cat

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-10-31T13:54:44.176Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T16:10:21.446Z

Reserved: 2023-09-20T19:24:32.385Z

Link: CVE-2023-5098

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-31T14:15:12.230

Modified: 2025-04-23T17:16:49.753

Link: CVE-2023-5098

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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