vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: easy-facebook-likebox: CVE-2023-48740: Missing Authorization
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Nov 23, 2023 | May 15, 2025 | Apr 30, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Nov 23, 2023
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026
Description
The Easy Social Feed plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the hide_free_sidebar() function in versions up to, and including, 6.5.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to dismiss a sidebar notification.
Solution
easy-facebook-likebox-plugin-cve-2023-48740
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-48740
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a4ffb3ef-9d77-463f-92c4-4bc799ac16aa?source=api-prod
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-52773
- CVE-2023-48740
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2023-48740
- CWE-862
- EUVD-EUVD-2023-52773
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