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CVE-2023-6279: unknown woostify sites library Missing Authorization

CVSS: 8.1v3.1HighModified
Published 29-01-2024Last modified 02-06-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-6279 is a high (CVSS 8.1) Missing Authorization vulnerability in unknown woostify sites library. EPSS estimates a 0.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 1.4.8.

Overall risk
42/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.1/10
010
High · v3.1 (wordfence)
EPSS score
0.49%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 29-01-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 02-06-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Woostify Sites Library WordPress plugin before 1.4.8 does not have authorisation in an AJAX action, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber to update arbitrary blog options and set them to 'activated' which could lead to DoS when using a specific option name

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.49%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

41%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.49% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.49%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (wpscan.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Unknown1 product
Woostify1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • woostify-sites-library≤ 1.4.7 (fixed in 1.4.8)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

2 links