CVE-2023-48286
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 mra13 Stripe Payments stripe-payments allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Stripe Payments: from n/a through <= 2.0.79.
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 stripe-payments WordPress plugin (versions up to 2.0.79) contains a missing authorization vulnerability that allows attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels. This broken access control likely enables unauthorized users to access administrative functions or perform actions that should require elevated privileges.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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
- High
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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 stripe-payments plugin is installedAccess WordPress admin dashboard, navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins, or inspect the /wp-content/plugins/ directory for the stripe-payments folderAffected if The plugin appears in the installed plugins list
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Determine installed plugin versionIn WordPress admin, find the stripe-payments entry in Plugins list and note the version number displayed, or read the main plugin PHP file header for the Version fieldAffected if Version is 2.0.79 or lower (the vulnerability affects versions up to 2.0.79)
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Check for publicly accessible sensitive endpointsProbe the site for /?asp_controller=... or similar Stripe Payments AJAX/action endpoints without authentication using curl or browserAffected if Sensitive plugin actions respond without requiring WordPress login or admin privileges
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Inspect user role configurationNavigate to WordPress Users > Roles or use a role editor plugin to review what capabilities are assigned to subscriber, contributor, or other low-privilege rolesAffected if Non-admin roles have capabilities that should be restricted to administrators (such as manage_options, manage_settings, or similar)
The environment is affected if the stripe-payments plugin version is 2.0.79 or lower AND sensitive endpoints or administrative functions are accessible to unauthenticated or low-privilege users.
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 and role-based access control (RBAC) on all sensitive functions within the plugin, ensuring users have valid permissions before executing privileged operations.
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- Implementation6.0 h
- 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.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-48286 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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