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Medium · 4.3 Public exploit CVE-2023-3244 EUVD-2023-43920GHSA-5pr3-pwqq-x984

Comments Like Dislike <= 1.2.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Plugin Setting Reset

Published Aug 17, 2023 · Updated Apr 8, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence

Vendor: happy-coders Product: Comments Like Dislike Category: Web / CMS

Description

The Comments Like Dislike plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the restore_settings function called via an AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 1.2.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with minimal permissions, such as a subscriber, to reset the plugin's settings. NOTE: this issue is was only partially patched in version 1.2.0, as the nonce is still present to subscriber-level users.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
happy-coders Comments Like Dislike ≤ 1.2.0 —

Public exploits

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GitHub 1 repository

  • drnull03/POC-CVE-2023-3244 ★ 3 · Sep 13, 2023

    This is a Proof of Concept (PoC) for CVE-2023-3244, a vulnerability in comment-like-dislike. The PoC demonstrates the exploitability of this vulnerability and serves as a reference for security resea…

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

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