CVE-2023-51362
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 Premio My Sticky Elements mystickyelements allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects My Sticky Elements: from n/a through <= 2.1.3.
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 Premio My Sticky Elements WordPress plugin allows attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels. The plugin fails to properly validate user permissions before allowing access to certain functionality, potentially permitting unauthorized users to perform actions that should be restricted to higher-privileged roles.
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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
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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 My Sticky Elements plugin is installedLog in to WordPress admin panel and navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. Look for 'My Sticky Elements' or 'Premio My Sticky Elements' in the list of active plugins.Affected if The plugin appears in the list of installed plugins, regardless of activation status
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Check installed plugin versionIn the WordPress admin Plugins page, click on the plugin name to view details, or check the plugin header in /wp-content/plugins/my-sticky-elements/ folder. Compare the version number against the version where the vulnerability was patched.Affected if The installed version is older than the patched version released for this CVE
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Inspect user role capabilitiesUse a role management plugin or query the wp_options table to examine what capabilities are assigned to roles below Administrator. Check if lower-privileged roles have access to plugin-specific capabilities like 'manage_options' or custom capabilities added by the plugin.Affected if Non-administrator roles (Editors, Authors, Contributors, Subscribers) have elevated capabilities that should be restricted to Administrators
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Review plugin AJAX endpointsExamine the plugin PHP files in /wp-content/plugins/my-sticky-elements/ for wp_ajax_ and wp_ajax_nopriv_ hooks. Check if these endpoints perform sensitive operations without checking user capabilities using current_user_can() or admin checking functions.Affected if AJAX actions exist that can be accessed by lower-privileged users without proper authorization checks
A user is affected if My Sticky Elements plugin is installed and the installed version predates the patched version, regardless of whether the plugin is active.
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 My Sticky Elements to the latest version when a patch is released. In the interim, review and restrict user role permissions for the plugin, and monitor access logs for suspicious activity.
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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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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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