CVE-2023-41649
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 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 confidenceMissing 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.
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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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Ovic Product Bundle plugin is installedCheck 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
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Identify installed plugin versionOpen 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
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Verify access control on plugin admin functionsReview 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
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Inspect access control security level configurationExamine 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.
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 dataImplement 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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- Testing4.0 h
- 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.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-41649 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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