{"id":"CVE-2023-5843","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"Ads by datafeedr.com <= 1.1.3 - Unauthenticated (Limited) Remote Code Execution","description":"The Ads by datafeedr.com plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in versions up to, and including, 1.1.3 via the 'dfads_ajax_load_ads' function. This allows unauthenticated attackers to execute code on the server. The parameters of the callable function are limited, they cannot be specified arbitrarily.","publishedAt":"2023-10-30T13:48:58.150Z","updatedAt":"2026-04-08T16:53:14.444Z","severity":{"score":9,"label":"Critical","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","source":"Wordfence"},"assigner":"Wordfence","products":["datafeedrcom Ads by datafeedr.com"],"affected":[{"vendor":"datafeedrcom","product":"Ads by datafeedr.com","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"1.1.3","versionType":"semver"}]}],"references":["https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5412fd87-49bc-445c-8d16-443e38933d1e?source=cve","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ads-by-datafeedrcom/tags/1.1.3/inc/dfads.class.php#L34","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2991088/ads-by-datafeedrcom"],"weaknesses":["CWE-94"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:06:42.242Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2023/5xxx/CVE-2023-5843.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2023-5843","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2023-10-30T13:48:58.150Z","dateUpdated":"2026-04-08T16:53:14.444Z","assignerShortName":"Wordfence","assignerOrgId":"b15e7b5b-3da4-40ae-a43c-f7aa60e62599","dateReserved":"2023-10-30T00:58:44.287Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"Ads by datafeedr.com <= 1.1.3 - Unauthenticated (Limited) Remote Code Execution","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"The Ads by datafeedr.com plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in versions up to, and including, 1.1.3 via the 'dfads_ajax_load_ads' function. This allows unauthenticated attackers to execute code on the server. The parameters of the callable function are limited, they cannot be specified arbitrarily."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"datafeedrcom","product":"Ads by datafeedr.com","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"1.1.3","versionType":"semver"}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5412fd87-49bc-445c-8d16-443e38933d1e?source=cve"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ads-by-datafeedrcom/tags/1.1.3/inc/dfads.class.php#L34"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2991088/ads-by-datafeedrcom"}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","baseScore":9,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL"}}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"cweId":"CWE-94","lang":"en","description":"CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')","type":"CWE"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"Wordfence","orgId":"b15e7b5b-3da4-40ae-a43c-f7aa60e62599","dateUpdated":"2026-04-08T16:53:14.444Z"},"credits":[{"lang":"en","type":"finder","value":"István Márton"}],"timeline":[{"time":"2023-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","lang":"en","value":"Discovered"},{"time":"2023-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","lang":"en","value":"Vendor Notified"},{"time":"2023-10-30T00:00:00.000Z","lang":"en","value":"Disclosed"}]},"adp":[{"title":"CVE Program Container","references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5412fd87-49bc-445c-8d16-443e38933d1e?source=cve","tags":["x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ads-by-datafeedrcom/tags/1.1.3/inc/dfads.class.php#L34","tags":["x_transferred"]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CVE","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","dateUpdated":"2024-08-02T08:14:24.310Z"}},{"title":"CISA ADP Vulnrichment","metrics":[{"other":{"type":"ssvc","content":{"timestamp":"2025-02-05T18:34:23.997927Z","id":"CVE-2023-5843","options":[{"Exploitation":"none"},{"Automatable":"no"},{"Technical Impact":"total"}],"role":"CISA Coordinator","version":"2.0.3"}}}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CISA-ADP","orgId":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","dateUpdated":"2025-02-05T18:55:43.185Z"}}]}}}