CVE-2023-5798 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Assistant WordPress plugin before 1.4.4 does not validate a parameter before making a request to it via wp_remote_get(), which could allow users with a role as low as Editor to perform SSRF attacks

Published: 2023-10-26

Score: 8.8 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

Assistant

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 1.4.4

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:fastlinemedia:assistant:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-58081	The Assistant WordPress plugin before 1.4.4 does not validate a parameter before making a request to it via wp_remote_get(), which could allow users with a role as low as Editor to perform SSRF attacks

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

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 0.0023.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/bbb4c98c-4dd7-421e-9666-98f15acde761

History

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Fastlinemedia Assistant

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-10-26T09:08:53.640Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T16:10:51.697Z

Reserved: 2023-10-26T09:04:00.410Z

Link: CVE-2023-5798

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:14:24.078Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-26T10:15:34.880

Modified: 2025-04-23T17:16:51.030

Link: CVE-2023-5798

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

No weakness.

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