CVE-2023-3244: The Comments Like Dislike plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the restore_settings…

PriorityP427medium4.3CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRLUINSUCNILAN

EXPLOIT

EPSS

0.79%

51.5th percentile

The Comments Like Dislike plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the restore_settings function called via an AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 1.2.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with minimal permissions, such as a subscriber, to reset the plugin's settings. NOTE: this issue is was only partially patched in version 1.2.0, as the nonce is still present to subscriber-level users.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
happy-coders	comments_like_dislike	<= 1.2.0	—
wphappycoders	comments_like_dislike	<= 1.1.9	—

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