CVE-2023-1911

Blocksy Companion < 1.8.82 - Subscriber+ Draft Post Access

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Published May 2, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 4.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

The Blocksy Companion WordPress plugin before 1.8.82 does not ensure that posts to be accessed via a shortcode are already public and can be viewed, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber to access draft posts for example

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Blocksy Companion

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 1.8.82

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:creativethemes:blocksy_companion:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-24099	The Blocksy Companion WordPress plugin before 1.8.82 does not ensure that posts to be accessed via a shortcode are already public and can be viewed, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber to access draft posts for example

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.550% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e7c52af0-b210-4e7d-a5e0-ee0645ddc08c

History

Jan 30, 2025 3:15 PM Weaknesses updated. Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-639
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Creativethemes Blocksy Companion

Weaknesses

CWE-639

Sources

CVE record Updated: Jan 30, 2025, 2:29 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published: May 2, 2023, 7:04 AM
Updated: Jan 30, 2025, 2:29 PM
Reserved: Apr 6, 2023, 2:09 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 6:05 AM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 6:05 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:29 AM

Status: Modified
Published: May 2, 2023, 8:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:29 AM

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