{"id":"CVE-2023-3869","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"wpDiscuz <= 7.6.3 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Comment Rating Increase/Decrease","description":"The wpDiscuz plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing authorization check on the voteOnComment function in versions up to, and including, 7.6.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to increase or decrease the rating of a comment.","publishedAt":"2023-10-20T07:29:28.812Z","updatedAt":"2026-04-08T17:16:34.821Z","severity":{"score":5.3,"label":"Medium","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","source":"Wordfence"},"assigner":"Wordfence","products":["advancedcoding Comments – wpDiscuz"],"affected":[{"vendor":"advancedcoding","product":"Comments – wpDiscuz","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"7.6.3","versionType":"semver"}]}],"references":["https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b30ac1b0-eae2-4194-bf8e-ae73b4236965?source=cve","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpdiscuz/trunk/utils/class.WpdiscuzHelperAjax.php#L681"],"weaknesses":["CWE-639"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:06:08.715Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2023/3xxx/CVE-2023-3869.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2023-3869","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2023-10-20T07:29:28.812Z","dateUpdated":"2026-04-08T17:16:34.821Z","assignerShortName":"Wordfence","assignerOrgId":"b15e7b5b-3da4-40ae-a43c-f7aa60e62599","dateReserved":"2023-07-24T16:02:28.151Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"wpDiscuz <= 7.6.3 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Comment Rating Increase/Decrease","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"The wpDiscuz plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing authorization check on the voteOnComment function in versions up to, and including, 7.6.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to increase or decrease the rating of a comment."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"advancedcoding","product":"Comments – wpDiscuz","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"7.6.3","versionType":"semver"}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b30ac1b0-eae2-4194-bf8e-ae73b4236965?source=cve"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpdiscuz/trunk/utils/class.WpdiscuzHelperAjax.php#L681"}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","baseScore":5.3,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM"}}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"cweId":"CWE-639","lang":"en","description":"CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key","type":"CWE"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"Wordfence","orgId":"b15e7b5b-3da4-40ae-a43c-f7aa60e62599","dateUpdated":"2026-04-08T17:16:34.821Z"},"credits":[{"lang":"en","type":"finder","value":"Vladislav Pokrovsky"}],"timeline":[{"time":"2023-07-19T00:00:00.000Z","lang":"en","value":"Vendor Notified"},{"time":"2023-09-12T00:00:00.000Z","lang":"en","value":"Disclosed"}]},"adp":[{"title":"CVE Program Container","references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b30ac1b0-eae2-4194-bf8e-ae73b4236965?source=cve","tags":["x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpdiscuz/trunk/utils/class.WpdiscuzHelperAjax.php#L681","tags":["x_transferred"]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CVE","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","dateUpdated":"2024-08-02T07:08:50.666Z"}},{"title":"CISA ADP Vulnrichment","metrics":[{"other":{"type":"ssvc","content":{"timestamp":"2025-02-05T18:37:15.168808Z","id":"CVE-2023-3869","options":[{"Exploitation":"none"},{"Automatable":"yes"},{"Technical Impact":"partial"}],"role":"CISA Coordinator","version":"2.0.3"}}}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CISA-ADP","orgId":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","dateUpdated":"2025-02-05T19:04:56.250Z"}}]}}}