CVE-2023-47764
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 metaphorcreations Ditty ditty-news-ticker allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Ditty: from n/a through <= 3.1.24.
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 the Ditty WordPress plugin allows low-privileged authenticated users (e.g., subscribers) to access administrative or privileged functionality due to incorrectly configured access control security levels. The plugin fails to properly validate user capabilities before allowing access to certain operations.
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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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Verify Ditty plugin is installedAccess WordPress admin dashboard, navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins, and search for 'Ditty' to confirm the plugin is activeAffected if Ditty plugin is installed and active in WordPress
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Identify installed Ditty versionIn Plugins list, locate Ditty and note the version number displayed under the plugin name, or check the plugin file header in wp-content/plugins/ditty/ditty.phpAffected if Version is within the affected range (compare to version history on WordPress plugin repository)
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Confirm presence of low-privilege user rolesNavigate to Users > All Users in WordPress admin and review existing user accounts for roles such as Subscriber, Contributor, or AuthorAffected if At least one user account with Subscriber, Contributor, or Author role exists on the site
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Test for privilege escalation via Ditty functionalityUsing a low-privilege test account (e.g., Subscriber), attempt to access Ditty plugin settings or create/modify Ditty items via direct URL access (e.g., /wp-admin/admin.php?page=ditty)Affected if Low-privilege user can access administrative plugin functions without rejection
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Review plugin capability enforcementExamine plugin source code in ditty.php and related files for current_user_can() calls before privileged operations, or use a security audit plugin to test capability checksAffected if Plugin functions execute without proper capability validation for the requesting user role
User is affected if Ditty plugin is installed and the site contains low-privilege user accounts (Subscriber, Contributor) who can access administrative plugin functions without proper authorization checks.
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 WordPress capability checks (e.g., current_user_can()) on all privileged actions and ensure access control is enforced at both UI and functional levels based on user roles.
- Consultation2.0 h
- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing3.0 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-2023-47764 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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