CVE-2023-5098

The Campaign Monitor Forms by Optin Cat WordPress plugin before 2.5.6 does not prevent users with low privileges (like subscribers) from overwriting any options on a site with the string "true", which could lead to a variety of outcomes, including DoS.

CVSS v3 8.1 HIGH

8.1^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3167a83c-291e-4372-a42e-d842205ba722	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3167a83c-291e-4372-a42e-d842205ba722	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:fatcatapps:campaign_monitor_optin_cat:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 08:41

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3167a83c-291e-4372-a42e-d842205ba722 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3167a83c-291e-4372-a42e-d842205ba722 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory

08 Nov 2023, 18:33

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 8.1
References	~~(MISC) https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3167a83c-291e-4372-a42e-d842205ba722 -~~	(MISC) https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3167a83c-291e-4372-a42e-d842205ba722 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
First Time		Fatcatapps campaign Monitor Optin Cat Fatcatapps
CWE		NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:fatcatapps:campaign_monitor_optin_cat::::::wordpress::*

07 Nov 2023, 04:23

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE	~~CWE-284~~

31 Oct 2023, 14:23

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-10-31 14:15

Updated : 2025-04-23 17:16

NVD link : CVE-2023-5098

Mitre link : CVE-2023-5098

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-5098

JSON object : View

Products Affected

fatcatapps

campaign_monitor_optin_cat

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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