CVE-2023-1979 is a vulnerability in the Web Stories for WordPress plugin that allows authenticated users with "Author" privileges to bypass password protection on stories. By duplicating a password-protected story within the plugin's dashboard, authors could gain unauthorized access to the content, despite lacking direct editing permissions. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) has a low attack complexity and could lead to a high impact on confidentiality. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.32.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:web_stories:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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