CVE-2023-27625 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-27625: WordPress Site Reviews plugin <= 6.5.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Vendor Paul Ryley

Product Site Reviews

Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization

Published December 9, 2024

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

4.3/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required Low

User interaction None

Confidentiality None

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Paul Ryley Site Reviews allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Site Reviews: from n/a through 6.5.0.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Site Reviews through version 6.5.0 fails to properly check user permissions before allowing modifications to review data. A logged-in user with low privileges can alter reviews they should not have access to. The vulnerability does not expose sensitive information or crash the site, but allows unauthorized changes to review content.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Modify reviews without proper authorization.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Logged-in users can alter reviews they don't own, compromising review integrity.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must be logged in with low-level user account.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

December 9, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27625 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html AskarLabs — CWE-862 write-up Missing Authorization

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