Missing AuthorizationWeakness · CWE-862

CVE-2023-41649

MEDIUM · 6.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-12-13
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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74/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

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 · unedited
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Ovic Team Ovic Product Bundle allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Ovic Product Bundle: from n/a through 1.1.2.

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 confidence

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Ovic Product Bundle plugin allows attackers to access functionality that should require proper access control checks. The vulnerability stems from incorrectly configured access control security levels, potentially enabling unauthorized users to perform actions intended for privileged users.

MitigationImplement proper authorization checks on all sensitive functions and endpoints, and ensure access control security levels are correctly configured according to the principle of least privilege.

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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
Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Confirm Ovic Product Bundle plugin is installed
    Check your WordPress plugins directory or admin panel for the Ovic Product Bundle plugin. Look for the plugin folder in wp-content/plugins/ and note the plugin version from its main PHP file header.
    Affected if The plugin is installed and active on the WordPress site
  2. Identify installed plugin version
    Open the main plugin file (typically in wp-content/plugins/ovic-product-bundle/ or similar) and locate the version string in the plugin header comment. Compare this version to any known affected version ranges for CVE-2023-41649.
    Affected if The installed version falls within or before the affected version range and has not been patched
  3. Verify access control on plugin admin functions
    Review the plugin source code for functions that handle sensitive operations (such as product bundle management, pricing changes, or user data access). Check if these functions include capability checks or nonce verification before execution.
    Affected if Sensitive functions lack proper capability checks (e.g., current_user_can) or authorization validation, allowing low-privilege or unauthenticated users to execute them
  4. Inspect access control security level configuration
    Examine the plugin settings and code for any role or capability configuration that may be incorrectly set. Look for functions that assign capabilities to user roles, particularly any that grant administrative or privileged access improperly.
    Affected if The plugin has misconfigured access control levels that grant privileged actions to unauthorized user roles or allow role upgrades without proper authorization

A user is affected if the Ovic Product Bundle plugin is installed with a version within the affected range and has sensitive functions or admin actions that lack proper authorization checks or have incorrectly configured access control security levels.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement proper authorization checks on all sensitive functions and endpoints, and ensure access control security levels are correctly configured according to the principle of least privilege.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation4.0 h
  • Implementation8.0 h
  • Testing4.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
18.0 hours of engineering $3,200
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