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FKIE_CVE-2023-47762

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-12-09 13:15 - Updated: 2026-04-23 15:17

Severity ?

Summary

Missing Authorization vulnerability in WPDeveloper BetterDocs betterdocs allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects BetterDocs: from n/a through <= 2.5.2.

References

	URL	Tags
	audit@patchstack.com	https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/betterdocs/vulnerability/wordpress-betterdocs-plugin-2-5-2-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve	Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	wpdeveloper	betterdocs	*

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}

CVE-2023-47762 (GCVE-0-2023-47762)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-12-09 11:30 – Updated: 2026-04-23 13:50

Title

WordPress BetterDocs plugin <= 2.5.2 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Summary

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

Assigner

Patchstack

References

URL

Tags

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/…

vdb-entry

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	WPDeveloper	BetterDocs	Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.5.2 (custom)

Date Public ?

2026-04-22 14:35

Credits

Abdi Pranata | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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FKIE_CVE-2023-47762

CVE-2023-47762 (GCVE-0-2023-47762)

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