CVE-2023-39996
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 · uneditedMissing Authorization vulnerability in WP OnlineSupport, Essential Plugin Accordion and Accordion Slider allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Accordion and Accordion Slider: from n/a through 1.2.4.
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 confidenceThis is a missing authorization vulnerability in the WordPress plugin 'Accordion and Accordion Slider' (versions through 1.2.4) where the plugin fails to properly enforce access control checks. This allows unauthenticated or lower-privileged users to access functionality or data that should be restricted to higher-privilege users due to incorrectly configured security levels.
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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
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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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Verify the Accordion and Accordion Slider plugin is installedLog in to the WordPress admin dashboard, navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins, and search for 'Accordion and Accordion Slider' to confirm it is present and activeAffected if The plugin is installed and activated
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Identify the installed plugin versionIn the Plugins list, locate the 'Accordion and Accordion Slider' entry and note the version number displayed below the plugin nameAffected if The version is 1.2.4 or any earlier version within the 1.x range
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Confirm the vulnerability affects this versionCompare your installed version against the affected range: versions through 1.2.4 are vulnerable to missing authorizationAffected if Your version is 1.2.4 or lower, indicating the lack of proper access control checks exists in this release
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Test for unauthorized access to admin functionsUsing a low-privilege user account or a logged-out browser session, attempt to access plugin settings or configuration pages that should require administrator privilegesAffected if Lower-privileged or unauthenticated users can access functionality that should be restricted to administrators
If the Accordion and Accordion Slider plugin is installed at version 1.2.4 or lower, the missing authorization vulnerability is present and lower-privilege users may access restricted functionality.
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 the plugin to the latest patched version once available, or implement proper authorization checks around all sensitive functions and data access points within the plugin code.
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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-2023-39996 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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