What is CVE-2023-4668?

CVE-2023-4668 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ad Inserter Project, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-10-20.

How severe is CVE-2023-4668?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-4668 known to be exploited?

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

Auth bypass in Ad Inserter Project

CVE-2023-4668

The Ad Inserter for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in versions up to, and including, 2.7.30 via the ai-debug-processing-fe URL parameter. This can allow unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including installed plugins (present and active), active theme, various plugin settings, WordPress version, as well as some server settings such as memory limit, installation paths.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.005 (41.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Ad_inserter_project Ad_inserter
Spacetime Ad Inserter – Manager & Adsense Ads — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-4668?: CVE-2023-4668 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ad Inserter Project, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-10-20.
How severe is CVE-2023-4668?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-4668 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.