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GSD-2023-1979

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:20

Details

The Web Stories for WordPress plugin supports the WordPress built-in functionality of protecting content with a password. The content is then only accessible to website visitors after entering the password. In WordPress, users with the "Author" role can create stories, but don't have the ability to edit password protected stories. The vulnerability allowed users with said role to bypass this permission check when trying to duplicate the protected story in the plugin's own dashboard, giving them access to the seemingly protected content. We recommend upgrading to version 1.32 or beyond commit ad49781c2a35c5c92ef704d4b621ab4e5cb77d68 https://github.com/GoogleForCreators/web-stories-wp/commit/ad49781c2a35c5c92ef704d4b621ab4e5cb77d68

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CVE-2023-1979

Aliases

CVE-2023-1979

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CVE-2023-1979 (GCVE-0-2023-1979)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-05-08 16:28 – Updated: 2025-01-28 20:04

Title

Auth bypass in Web Stories for WordPress plugin

Summary

Severity

4.9 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-01-28 20:03 UTC

CWE

CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization

Assigner

Google CNA under the Google root

CNA scorecard B 77/100 over 39 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/GoogleForCreators/web-stories-…
https://github.com/GoogleForCreators/web-stories-…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Google	Web Stories for WordPress	Affected: 0 , < 1.32 (custom)

Date Public

2023-05-01 22:00

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