CVE-2023-51526 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-51526: WordPress Simple Staff List plugin <= 2.2.4 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Vendor Brett Shumaker

Product Simple Staff List

Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization

Published June 12, 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 Low

Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Brett Shumaker Simple Staff List.This issue affects Simple Staff List: from n/a through 2.2.4.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Simple Staff List through version 2.2.4 does not properly check user permissions before allowing access to staff data. A logged-in user with low privileges can view staff information they should not have access to. The vulnerability requires an active user account but no special interaction from the victim.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

View staff member information that should be restricted to higher-privilege users.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Staff data may be exposed to users who should not see it, potentially revealing contact info or internal details.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have a low-privilege user account on the site.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

June 12, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-51526 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html AskarLabs — CWE-862 write-up Missing Authorization

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2023-51526

CWE CWE-862

CVSS 4.3 / MEDIUM

Affected versions