WordPress REST API: category move bypasses capability checks
CVE-2023-5549 Published on November 9, 2023
Moodle: insufficient capability checks when updating the parent of a course category
Insufficient web service capability checks made it possible to move categories a user had permission to manage, to a parent category they did not have the capability to manage.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2023-5549 can be exploited with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity, and no impact on availability.
Timeline
Reported to Red Hat.
Made public. 6 days later.
Weakness Type
What is an Authorization Vulnerability?
The software does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.
CVE-2023-5549 has been classified to as an Authorization vulnerability or weakness.
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Exploit Probability
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