CVE-2023-33327
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedImproper Privilege Management vulnerability in Teplitsa of social technologies Leyka allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Leyka: from n/a through 3.30.2.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceImproper Privilege Management in the Leyka WordPress plugin allows authenticated users to escalate their privileges beyond what their role should permit, likely due to missing or insufficient capability checks in certain plugin functions.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Leyka plugin installation and versionIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and find Leyka; note the version number displayed. Alternatively, check the file /wp-content/plugins/leyka/readme.txt for the 'Stable tag' entry, or /wp-content/plugins/leyka/leyka.php for the 'Version' header.Affected if Leyka is installed and the version is 3.30.2 or lower, or if the version cannot be determined but the plugin is present.
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Verify WordPress user roles for unauthorized privilege escalationGo to Users > All Users in WordPress admin. Review the list for any admin accounts or elevated roles that you did not create, or for standard users (like Subscriber) who unexpectedly have Administrator capabilities or access.Affected if There are user accounts with elevated privileges that were not created by a known administrator, or existing users have capabilities beyond what their assigned role should normally provide.
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Inspect capability assignments for Leyka-related usersUse a user role editor plugin or query the wp_usermeta table directly to inspect the wp_capabilities meta value for users, looking for unexpected Administrator roles or capabilities assigned to users who should only have lower-level access.Affected if Users with low-level roles (e.g., Subscriber, Contributor) have wp_capabilities meta values containing 'administrator' or similar elevated roles.
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Review plugin capability configurationCheck the Leyka plugin settings under the plugin's options panel for any role or capability configuration that may allow authenticated users to access administrative functions they should not access.Affected if The plugin configuration allows non-administrator users to access settings or functions that typically require Administrator capability.
A user is affected if the Leyka plugin is installed with version 3.30.2 or lower AND there is evidence of unauthorized privilege escalation such as unexpected admin accounts or elevated capabilities assigned to lower-privileged users.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate Leyka to the latest version beyond 3.30.2 which contains the patched version; verify that role-based access controls are properly enforced after the update.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-33327 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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