CVE-2023-46079
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 Royal Ashe Extra allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Ashe Extra: from n/a through 1.2.9.
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 confidenceThe Ashe Extra WordPress plugin through version 1.2.9 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that allows attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels. This authorization bypass likely enables unauthenticated or authenticated users to access functionality they should not have permission to use.
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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
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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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Check if Ashe Extra plugin is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'Ashe Extra', or inspect the plugin directory at /wp-content/plugins/ for a folder named 'ashe-extra' or similarAffected if The Ashe Extra plugin is found and installed on the WordPress site
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Identify the installed version of Ashe ExtraIn WordPress admin under Plugins > Installed Plugins, find Ashe Extra and note the version number displayed; alternatively, read the main plugin PHP file header for the 'Version' tagAffected if The installed version is 1.2.9 or lower, as the vulnerability affects versions through 1.2.9
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Review WordPress user roles and permissions settingsGo to Users > Roles in WordPress admin, or inspect the database tables wp_options and wp_usermeta for custom role definitions that may grant elevated permissions to low-privileged usersAffected if Non-administrator users have been granted elevated capabilities or custom roles exist that provide admin-level access without proper authorization controls
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Inspect access logs for unauthorized admin actionsReview web server access logs (Apache error.log, Nginx access.log) or WordPress audit logs for POST requests to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php or /wp-admin/ with unusual parameters originating from unauthenticated or low-privilege usersAffected if Logs show requests from unauthenticated users or subscribers performing administrative actions they should not have permission to execute
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Check plugin settings for access control misconfigurationsNavigate to Ashe Extra plugin settings page in WordPress admin, or inspect the wp_options table for entries containing 'ashe_extra' to identify any security level or access control settingsAffected if Plugin settings contain misconfigured access control levels that allow users below administrator to access protected functionality
If Ashe Extra plugin version 1.2.9 or lower is installed and the site shows evidence of unauthorized access or has misconfigured access control settings, the environment is affected by this CVE.
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 Ashe Extra to the latest patched version immediately. If no patched version is available, disable or remove the plugin and review access logs for signs of exploitation.
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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.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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