CVE-2023-0584

VK Blocks <= 1.57.0.5 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Settings Update

State: Published
Severity: 4.3 Medium
Published: Jun 3, 2023
Updated: Apr 8, 2026
Reserved: Jan 30, 2023

Description

The VK Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to improper authorization via the REST 'update_options' function in versions up to, and including, 1.57.0.5. This allows authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions or above, to change the 'vk_font_awesome_version' option to an arbitrary value.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	4.3 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N	Wordfence

Weaknesses

CWE-285 Improper Authorization

Affected Products

Product	Versions
VK Blocksvektor-inc	1.57.0.5 and earlierAffected

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b90b7f6c-df7f-48a5-b283-cf5facbd71e5?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/vk-blocks/trunk/inc/vk-blocks/font-awesome/class-vk-blocks-font-awesome-api.php
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2927751

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