What is CVE-2023-3957?

CVE-2023-3957 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Navz Acf Photo Gallery Field, classified under Improper Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-07-27.

How severe is CVE-2023-3957?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-3957 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Auth bypass in Navz Acf Photo Gallery Field

CVE-2023-3957

The ACF Photo Gallery Field plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to an insufficient restriction on the 'apg_profile_update' function in versions up to, and including, 1.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions or above, to update the user metas arbitrarily. The meta value can only be a string.

EPSS: 0.005 (40.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Navz Acf_photo_gallery_field
Navzme Acf Photo Gallery Field — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Patch)
security@wordfence.com (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-3957?: CVE-2023-3957 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Navz Acf Photo Gallery Field, classified under Improper Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-07-27.
How severe is CVE-2023-3957?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-3957 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.