vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: molongui-authorship: CVE-2023-7014: Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Jan 16, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | May 5, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Jan 16, 2024
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 5, 2026
Description
The Author Box, Guest Author and Co-Authors for Your Posts – Molongui plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 4.7.4 via the 'ma_debu' parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including post author emails and names if applicable.
Solution
molongui-authorship-plugin-cve-2023-7014
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-7014
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/538e9ce3-2d48-44ad-bd08-8eead3ef15c3?source=api-prod
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-59206
- CVE-2023-7014
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2023-7014
- CWE-359
- CWE-668
- EUVD-EUVD-2023-59206
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