CVE-2023-3998

2023-10-2007:29:24

Wordfence

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wordpress

wpdiscuz

vulnerability

userrate function

unauthorized data modification

unauthenticated attackers

rating post

5.3 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

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

5.4 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

20.7%

JSON

The wpDiscuz plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing authorization check on the userRate function in versions up to, and including, 7.6.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to increase or decrease the rating of a post.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "advancedcoding",
    "product": "Comments – wpDiscuz",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "*",
        "status": "affected",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "7.6.3",
        "versionType": "semver"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]