CVE-2023-45045 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-45045: WordPress WP Custom Widget area plugin <= 1.2.5 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Vendor Krozero

Product WP Custom Widget area

Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization

Published January 2, 2025

Last update April 29, 2026

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CVSS base score

5.4/10

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:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in krozero WP Custom Widget area wp-custom-widget-area allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WP Custom Widget area: from n/a through <= 1.2.5.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 2, 2025 CVE published

April 29, 2026 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45045 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html

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