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CVE-2023-40003

Status: ModifiedCritical (9.8)—

Missing Authorization vulnerability in weDevs WP Project Manager wedevs-project-manager allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WP Project Manager: from n/a through <= 2.6.7.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

🎯 ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N indica acceso remoto sin autenticación (T1190). CWE-862 (autorización incorrecta) permite acceso no autorizado a funciones administrativas (T1078) y potencial manipulación de datos del proyecto (T1565.001).

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

🛡️ ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Privileged Account ManagementApplication Developer GuidanceActive Directory ConfigurationVulnerability ScanningUser TrainingUser Account Management

Affected technologies (1)

Wedevs — WP Project Manager

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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