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WordPress Plugin: vk-blocks: CVE-2023-0584: Improper Authorization

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Published

Jun 2, 2023

Added

May 15, 2025

Modified

Apr 30, 2026

Description

The VK Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to improper authorization via the REST 'update_options' function in versions up to, and including, 1.57.0.5. This allows authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions or above, to change the 'vk_font_awesome_version' option to an arbitrary value.

Solution

vk-blocks-plugin-cve-2023-0584

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0584
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b90b7f6c-df7f-48a5-b283-cf5facbd71e5?source=api-prod
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-12624
CVE-2023-0584
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2023-0584
CWE-285
EUVD-EUVD-2023-12624

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