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CVE-2023-1865: YourChannel <= 1.2.3 - Missing Authorization to Plugin Settings Reset

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-04-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The YourChannel plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check when resetting plugin settings via the yrc_nuke GET parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.2.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete YouTube channels from the plugin.

Affected products

• pluginbuilders YourChannel: Everything you want in a YouTube plugin.: through 1.2.3

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/yourchannel/trunk/YourChannel.php?rev=2844975#L772
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2896634%40yourchannel%2Ftrunk&old=2844975%40yourchannel%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/yourchannel/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/34817e32-d5a3-403a-85f0-1d60af8945de?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/yourchannel/trunk/YourChannel.php?rev=2844975#L772
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/yourchannel/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/34817e32-d5a3-403a-85f0-1d60af8945de?source=cve

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