CVE-2023-45603 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2023-45603
Vulnerability Scoring

9.0
/10
Severe Risk

Cybersecurity professionals consider CVE-2023-45603 an immediate threat requiring urgent mitigation.

Attack Complexity Details

  • Attack Complexity: High
    Exploits require significant effort and special conditions.
  • Attack Vector: Network
    Vulnerability is exploitable over a network without physical access.
  • Privileges Required: None
    No privileges are required for exploitation.
  • Scope: Changed
    Successful exploitation can impact components beyond the vulnerable component.
  • User Interaction: None
    No user interaction is necessary for exploitation.

CVE-2023-45603 Details

Status: Modified

Last updated: 🕗 21 Nov 2024, 08:27 UTC
Originally published on: 🕖 20 Dec 2023, 19:15 UTC

Time between publication and last update: 336 days

CVSS Release: version 3

CVSS3 Source

audit@patchstack.com

CVSS3 Type

Secondary

CVSS3 Vector

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

CVE-2023-45603 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2023-45603: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in Jeff Starr User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End.This issue affects User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End: from n/a through 20230902.

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2023-45603

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2023-45603 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2023-45603

CVE-2023-45603 presents a challenge to exploit due to its high attack complexity, but the absence of privilege requirements still makes it a viable target for skilled attackers. A thorough security review is advised.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2023-45603, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2023-45603, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

  • Confidentiality: High
    Exploiting CVE-2023-45603 can result in unauthorized access to sensitive data, severely compromising data privacy.
  • Integrity: High
    CVE-2023-45603 could allow unauthorized modifications to data, potentially affecting system reliability and trust.
  • Availability: High
    CVE-2023-45603 can disrupt system operations, potentially causing complete denial of service (DoS).

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

The EPSS score estimates the probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the near future.

EPSS Score: 0.164% (probability of exploit)

EPSS Percentile: 54.35% (lower percentile = lower relative risk)
This vulnerability is less risky than approximately 45.65% of others.

CVE-2023-45603 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-434

CAPEC Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification

  • Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs CAPEC-1 In applications, particularly web applications, access to functionality is mitigated by an authorization framework. This framework maps Access Control Lists (ACLs) to elements of the application's functionality; particularly URL's for web apps. In the case that the administrator failed to specify an ACL for a particular element, an attacker may be able to access it with impunity. An attacker with the ability to access functionality not properly constrained by ACLs can obtain sensitive information and possibly compromise the entire application. Such an attacker can access resources that must be available only to users at a higher privilege level, can access management sections of the application, or can run queries for data that they otherwise not supposed to.

Vulnerable Configurations

  • cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:-:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:-:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:20160215:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:20160215:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:20171101:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:20171101:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:20171103:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:20171103:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:20171104:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:20171104:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:20171105:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:20171105:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:20180314:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:20180314:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:20180319:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:20180319:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:20180323:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:20180323:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:20180511:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:20180511:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:20180822:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:20180822:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:20181117:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:20181117:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:20190220:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:20190220:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:20190312:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:20190312:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:20190426:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:20190426:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:20190501:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:20190501:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:20190502:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:20190502:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:20190902:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:20190902:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:20230809:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:20230809:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:20230811:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:20230811:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:20230902:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:20230902:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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