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CVE-2023-3947 (GCVE-0-2023-3947)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-07-26 03:34 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:18
VLAI
Title
Video Conferencing with Zoom <= 4.2.1 - Sensitive Information Exposure
Summary
The Video Conferencing with Zoom plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure due to hardcoded encryption key on the 'vczapi_encrypt_decrypt' function in versions up to, and including, 4.2.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to decrypt and view the meeting id and password.
Severity
3.7 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/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 2025-02-05 18:29 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-321 - Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
j_3rk Video Conferencing with Zoom Affected: 0 , ≤ 4.2.1 (semver)
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Credits
István Márton
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