CVE-2023-6279: Woostify Sites Library < 1.4.8 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Options Update to DoS

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 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: yes
Published: 2024-01-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Woostify Sites Library WordPress plugin before 1.4.8 does not have authorisation in an AJAX action, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber to update arbitrary blog options and set them to 'activated' which could lead to DoS when using a specific option name

Affected products

Woostify Sites Library: before 1.4.8 — fixed in 1.4.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Woostify Sites Library 1.4.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/626bbc7d-0d0f-4418-ac61-666278a1cbdb/
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/626bbc7d-0d0f-4418-ac61-666278a1cbdb/

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