CVE-2023-52229 (GCVE-0-2023-52229)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-20 11:26 – Updated: 2026-04-28 16:09
VLAI
Title
WordPress Word Replacer Pro plugin <= 1.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Summary
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Save as PDF plugin by Pdfcrowd Word Replacer Pro.This issue affects Word Replacer Pro: from n/a through 1.0.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-08-06 14:28 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Save as PDF plugin by Pdfcrowd Word Replacer Pro Affected: n/a , ≤ 1.0 (custom)
guessed Create a notification for this product.
pdfcrowd word_replacer_pro Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.0 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:pdfcrowd:word_replacer_pro:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Create a notification for this product.
Credits
thiennv (Patchstack Alliance)
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