CVE-2023-1889 describes an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability in the Directorist plugin for WordPress, affecting versions up to and including 7.5.4. This flaw allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level permissions or higher to delete arbitrary posts due to insufficient validation and authorization checks in the listing_task function. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), this vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to high integrity impact (data deletion) without requiring user interaction. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 7.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wpwax:directorist:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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