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CVE-2023-2353: CHP Ads Block Detector <= 3.9.4 - Missing Authorization to Plugin Settings Update

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-08-31 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The CHP Ads Block Detector plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin settings update and reset due to a missing capability check on the chp_abd_action function in versions up to, and including, 3.9.4. This makes it possible for subscriber-level attackers to change or reset plugin settings. CVE-2023-36509 appears to be a duplicate of this issue.

Affected products

• sureshchand12a CHP Ads Block Detector: through 3.9.4

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2920522/chp-ads-block-detector
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2922313/chp-ads-block-detector
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2926660/chp-ads-block-detector
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4eca64d7-6e33-4b8e-af37-a3e8bbf2b76f?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2920522/chp-ads-block-detector
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2922313/chp-ads-block-detector
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2926660/chp-ads-block-detector
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4eca64d7-6e33-4b8e-af37-a3e8bbf2b76f?source=cve

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