CVE-2023-1979

2023-05-0817:15:11

CWE-863

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cve-2023-1979

web stories for wordpress

wordpress plugin

password protection

vulnerability

access control

unauthorized access

nvd

6.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

6.8 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

20.0%

JSON

The Web Stories for WordPress plugin supports the WordPress built-in functionality of protecting content with a password. The content is then only accessible to website visitors after entering the password. In WordPress, users with the “Author” role can create stories, but don’t have the ability to edit password protected stories. The vulnerability allowed users with said role to bypass this permission check when trying to duplicate the protected story in the plugin’s own dashboard, giving them access to the seemingly protected content. We recommend upgrading to version 1.32 or beyond commit ad49781c2a35c5c92ef704d4b621ab4e5cb77d68 https://github.com/GoogleForCreators/web-stories-wp/commit/ad49781c2a35c5c92ef704d4b621ab4e5cb77d68

Affected configurations

Vulners

NVD

Node

googleweb_storiesRange≤1.32

VendorProductVersionCPE
googleweb_stories*cpe:2.3:a:google:web_stories:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
google	web_stories	*	cpe:2.3:a:google:web_stories::::::::

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "collectionURL": "https://github.com/GoogleForCreators/web-stories-wp",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "product": "Web Stories for WordPress",
    "repo": "https://github.com/GoogleForCreators/web-stories-wp",
    "vendor": "Google",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThan": "1.32",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]