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CVE-2023-6824: wp customer area vulnerability
CVE-2023-6824: medium vulnerability affecting wp customer area. Check CVSS, KEV status, business impact and recommended administrator actions.
- CVSS
- 6.5 MEDIUM
- EPSS
- 38.86%
- Known exploited
- not in KEV
- Product
- wp customer area
What is known
The WP Customer Area WordPress plugin before 8.2.1 does not properly validates user capabilities in some of its AJAX actions, allowing any users to retrieve other user's account address.
Business impact
Successful exploitation of CVE-2023-6824, a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) affecting wp customer area, may affect the confidentiality, integrity or availability of the vulnerable environment. The exact impact depends on the installed version, exposed interfaces and deployment configuration.
Recommended administrator action
Confirm whether wp customer area is present and compare installed versions with the vendor advisory and NVD record. Apply the vendor patch or documented mitigation; until remediation is complete, reduce exposure of affected interfaces, review relevant logs and monitor for indicators of exploitation. DataHouse can support version verification, managed patching, network exposure reduction, log review and backup validation for dedicated, cloud and colocated environments.