CVE Catalog

CVE-2023-40200

MediumCVSS 5.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.19%

9th percentile - higher than 9% of all known CVEs

Summary

The Essential Plugin WP Logo Showcase Responsive Slider and Carousel for WordPress up to version 3.6 has an authorization bypass vulnerability through a User-Controlled key. This allows exploiting incorrectly configured access control security levels.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can bypass authorization mechanisms and gain unauthorized access to functions or data that should be protected.

Recommendation

Upgrade the WP Logo Showcase Responsive Slider and Carousel plugin to a version later than 3.6.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Authorization bypass through User-Controlled key vulnerability in Essential Plugin WP Logo Showcase Responsive Slider and Carousel allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels. This issue affects WP Logo Showcase Responsive Slider and Carousel: from n/a through 3.6.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS