CVE-2023-2086 (GCVE-0-2023-2086)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-09 05:33 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:11
VLAI
Title
Essential Blocks <= 4.0.6 - Missing Authorization via template_count
Summary
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Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-12-20 23:24 UTC
CWE
Assigner
Wordfence CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 65/100 over 2263 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Credits
Marco Wotschka
Show details on NVD website
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