CVE-2023-1597

2023-07-1016:15:48

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web.nvd.nist.gov

cve-2023-1597

authorisation

csrf

ajax

unauthenticated

authenticated

user metadata

privilege escalation

admin

8.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

8.9 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

55.8%

JSON

The tagDiv Cloud Library WordPress plugin before 2.7 does not have authorisation and CSRF in an AJAX action accessible to both unauthenticated and authenticated users, allowing unauthenticated users to change arbitrary user metadata, which could lead to privilege escalation by setting themselves as an admin of the blog.