Vulnerability · Published Apr 5, 2023 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2023-1865YourChannel <= 1.2.3 - Missing Authorization to Plugin Settings Reset
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in YourChannel: Everything you want in a YouTube plugin. from pluginbuilders. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 54% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The YourChannel plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check when resetting plugin settings via the yrc_nuke GET parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.2.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete YouTube channels from the plugin.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| pluginbuilders | YourChannel: Everything you want in a YouTube plugin. | 0 – through 1.2.3 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/34817e32-d5a3-403a-85f0-1d60af8945de?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/yourchannel/trunk/YourChannel.php?rev=2844975#L772
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/yourchannel/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2896634%40yourchannel%2Ftrunk&old=2844975%40yourchannel%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=