vulnerability

WordPress Plugin: web-stories: CVE-2023-1979: Incorrect Authorization

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
May 8, 2023
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Jul 10, 2025

Description

The Web Stories for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in versions up to, and including, 1.31.0. This is due to insufficient authorization checks on the duplicate functionality. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level permissions, to duplicate password protected posts and view the content of those protected posts.

Solution

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