The Consensu.io plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the update_config_db() function in versions up to, and including, 1.0.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the plugin's setting.
CVE-2023-48280 is a medium severity with CVSS 5.3 Vulnerability issue affecting the Plugin Consensu.io | Conformidade e Consentimento de Cookies para LGPD. It affects Versions up to 1.0.3 and is fixed in 1.0.4.
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CVE-2023-48280 is tracked for the Plugin Consensu.io | Conformidade e Consentimento de Cookies para LGPD as medium severity with CVSS 5.3. The affected range is Versions up to 1.0.3. Update Consensu.io | Conformidade e Consentimento de Cookies para LGPD to 1.0.4 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
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| Software Type | Plugin |
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| Software Slug |
consensu-io
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2023-48280 |
| Patched Versions |
1.0.4
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 1.0.3
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